cocotte-minute
\kɔ.kɔt mi.nyt\
The verdict
“cocotte-minute” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme courant de autocuiseur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cocotte-minute · cocotte-minute · French
cocotte-minute · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | cocotte-minute |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.kɔt mi.nyt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cocotte-minute is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.kɔt mi.nyt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cocotte-minute has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cocotte-minute, spelled C-O-C-O-T-T-E---M-I-N-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme courant de autocuiseur.
- 2Chose sous pression sur le point d’exploser ou de lâcher une partie de la pression accumulée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cocotte-minute appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aujourd’hui, la Cocotte-Minute. Cette reine des cuisines, née en 1953 et au chant si caractéristique, a été vendue à ce jour à plus de 75 millions d’exemplaires.
À la maison, les femmes ne tissent plus et les hommes ne font plus de vannerie ; la cocotte-minute a remplacé les marmites d’antan, le kérosène et le bois.
This word in other languages
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.