# cuisine

> English word · Noun · IPA /kwɪˈziːn/ · frequency rank #9,455

## Definitions
1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
2. The food prepared using such style.
3. Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general.
4. A kitchen or cooking department.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen.

## Easily confused with
- **cursing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuisine-vs-cursing)
- **cursive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuisine-vs-cursive)
- **cussing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cuisine-vs-cussing)
- **cruising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cruising-vs-cuisine)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccuisine`, `ciusine`, `cuiisne`, `cuisien`, `cuisinne`, `cuisnie`, `cuissine`, `cusiine`, `ucisine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cuisine