couch
\kuʃ\
The verdict
“couch” is uncommon French (frequency #54,503 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,503
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit récipient utilisé pour recueillir la résine des pins maritimes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couch · couch · French
couch · rank #54,503 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,503
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cosmonautes
Nearest frequency peer: cosmonautes (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « couch »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- corporatiste
corporatiste
45,500 corpus weight
- cosmonautes
cosmonautes
45,499 corpus weight
- couch
couch
45,498 corpus weight
- Coulommiers
Coulommiers
45,497 corpus weight
- couturières
couturières
45,496 corpus weight
- Cranston
Cranston
45,495 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « couch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʃ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,503 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couch is uncommon French at frequency #54,503 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit récipient utilisé pour recueillir la résine des pins maritimes.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for couch, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is couch, spelled C-O-U-C-H.
Definition
- 1Petit récipient utilisé pour recueillir la résine des pins maritimes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how couch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si le pin est penché ou trop contourné, ce moyen n’est plus suffisant pour que la gemme suive la quarre dans toute sa longueur jusqu’à l’auget; on la recueille alors sur une tuile creuse (couch), sur un plat, ou dans un petit pot placé sur le sol, à l’endroit où le liquide tombe naturellement.
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.
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