coiffeuse

\kwa.føz\

/\kwa.føz\/ noun

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The verdict

“coiffeuse” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,802. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,802
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Artisane, salariée ou même jadis employée de maison, dont le métier est de couper et coiffer les cheveux.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coiffeuse · coiffeuse · French

coiffeuse · rank #23,802 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,802
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CNC

Nearest frequency peer: CNC (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « coiffeuse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « coiffeuse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coiffeuse vs coiffure
78% similar
coiffeuse vs coiffée
67% similar
coiffeuse vs coiffeur
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coiffeuse
PropertyValue
Headwordcoiffeuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwa.føz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,802
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coiffeuse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coiffeusese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « CNC » (#23,801), « collaborative » (#23,803), « Cléopâtre » (#23,800). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coiffeuse » est au #23,802. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around coiffeuse (IPA \kwa.føz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,802 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for coiffeuse, with forms such as "ccoiffeuse", "cioffeuse", and "cofifeuse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "coiffure", "coiffée", "coiffeur", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coiffeuse, spelled C-O-I-F-F-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Artisane, salariée ou même jadis employée de maison, dont le métier est de couper et coiffer les cheveux.
  2. 2
    Meuble disposant d’un miroir et d’endroits destinés à ranger son matériel, utilisé pour se coiffer, se maquiller, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coiffeuse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Cette détermination ne lui donnait pas l’air tendre lorsqu’il frappa à la porte de la Catalane. Ce fut la coiffeuse qui vint lui ouvrir.
  2. Autrefois, dans les villages, la coiffeuse appelée aussi tresseuse, était le plus souvent la femme d’un forgeron, d’un griot, d’un artisan ou une descendance de ces castes.

Synonyms

table à coiffer

This word in other languages

hairdresser(English)Friseurin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoiffeuse
  • cioffeuse
  • cofifeuse
  • coifefuse
  • coifeuse
  • coiffesue
  • coiffeues
  • coiffeusse
  • coiffuese
  • ociffeuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coiffeuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccoiffeuse1cioffeuse2cofifeuse2coifefuse2coifeuse1coiffesue2coiffeues2coiffeusse1
Edit distance from "coiffeuse"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coiffeuse"?
"coiffeuse" is spelled C-O-I-F-F-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwa.føz\.
What does "coiffeuse" mean?
As a noun, "coiffeuse" means: Artisane, salariée ou même jadis employée de maison, dont le métier est de couper et coiffer les cheveux.
What words are commonly confused with "coiffeuse"?
"coiffeuse" is commonly confused with "coiffure", "coiffée", "coiffeur". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coiffeuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coiffeuse" is \kwa.føz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coiffeuse" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coiffeuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cléopâtre#23,800colossale#23,805concombre#23,808corrompre#23,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Bahreïn10 variantsdénommée10 variantsembellir10 variantsagainst10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list