coudière
\ku.djɛʁ\
The verdict
“coudière” 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) - Équipement de protection individuelle qui se porte sur le coude, afin de le préserver des blessures que pourrait induire une chute, un coup ou tout autre impact.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coudiere · coudière · French
coudière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coudière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.djɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coudière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coudière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.djɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
coudière doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coudière, spelled C-O-U-D-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Équipement de protection individuelle qui se porte sur le coude, afin de le préserver des blessures que pourrait induire une chute, un coup ou tout autre impact.
- 2Pièce de renfort des vêtements qui se pose au niveau des coudes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coudière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au niveau du coude, on fait, par exemple, porter au patient une "coudière" qui soutient le bras.
Et de coudre une coudière en simili-cuir, un de ces trucs de pauvres qui aurait disparu avec gaspillage & progrès si régulièrement quelque styliste ne le ressuscitait aux vestes des gandins.
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.