couds

\ku\

/\ku\/ verb

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The verdict

“couds” is uncommon French (frequency #73,858 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,858
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couds · couds · French

couds · rank #73,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,858
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Copenhagen

Nearest frequency peer: Copenhagen (-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 « couds »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « couds » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for couds
PropertyValue
Headwordcouds
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ku\
Letters5
Frequency rank#73,858
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couds » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coudstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Copenhagen » (#73,857), « coulage » (#73,859), « coordonnateurs » (#73,856). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couds » est au #73,858. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

couds is uncommon French at frequency #73,858 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for couds in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couds, spelled C-O-U-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coudre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coudre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de coudre.

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 "couds"?
"couds" is spelled C-O-U-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku\.
What does "couds" mean?
As a verb, "couds" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de coudre.
How do you pronounce "couds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couds" is \ku\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couds" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list