cossarde
\kɔ.saʁd\
The verdict
“cossarde” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Femme paresseuse, fainéante.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cossarde · cossarde · French
cossarde · 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 | cossarde |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ.saʁd\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cossarde » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cossarde is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ.saʁd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Femme paresseuse, fainéante.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cossarde in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cossarde, spelled C-O-S-S-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1Femme paresseuse, fainéante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cossarde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
José objectait alors que c'était peut-être tout bêtement un fainéasse. Mais Charles maintenait qu'on ne finançait pas ce genre de voyage d'étude, fort coûteux, pour une cossarde. En principe, on réservait cela aux personnes douées et motivées. Or que faisait-elle, cette Birthe, toute la journée? Elle traînait.
Non contente d'être une laissée-pour-compte et une cossarde frayant avec des personnages douteux, la fille illégitime du candidat au Sénat Laurence Jeffries était aussi une traînée.
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.