clousser
\klu.se\
The verdict
“clousser” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pousser son cri, en parlant de la poule (quand elle veut couver).
Corpus desk
Index FR-clousser · clousser · French
clousser · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | clousser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \klu.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « clousser » en français
Rare enough to double-check
clousser is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \klu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pousser son cri, en parlant de la poule (quand elle veut couver).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for clousser in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is clousser, spelled C-L-O-U-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Pousser son cri, en parlant de la poule (quand elle veut couver).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how clousser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une poule qui couve a une attitude particulière : elle clousse (émet des petits gloussements), gonfle ses plumes et ne veut surtout pas sortir de son nid.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.