couenne

\kwan\

/\kwan\/ noun

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The verdict

“couenne” is uncommon French (frequency #60,676 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,676
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Peau du cochon, surtout lorsqu’elle a été raclée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couenne · couenne · French

couenne · rank #60,676 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,676
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cottin

Nearest frequency peer: Cottin (-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 « couenne »

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 « couenne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for couenne
PropertyValue
Headwordcouenne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwan\
Letters7
Frequency rank#60,676
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couenne » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).couennetombe 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: « Cottin » (#60,675), « coûteront » (#60,677), « coraline » (#60,674). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couenne » est au #60,676. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

couenne is uncommon French at frequency #60,676 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kwan\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for couenne, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couenne, spelled C-O-U-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Peau du cochon, surtout lorsqu’elle a été raclée.
  2. 2
    Peau des marsouins.
  3. 3
    Peau d’une personne.
  4. 4
    Peau épaisse et grisâtre qui se forme sur le sang tiré des veines ; de certaines altérations locales de la peau, de la fausse membrane qui se forme à la gorge dans certaines angines.
  5. 5
    Voie d'escalade classique déjà équipée, ne dépassant pas une longueur de corde, par opposition à une grande voie.
  6. 6
    Personne maladroite ; imbécile.
  7. 7
    Croûte d’un fromage à pâte dure.
  8. 8
    Couverture.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On se sert d'une couenne de lard dans l’esquinancie, elle sert à faire plusieurs onguents, …
  2. Quand il montait de la charcuterie, le soir, il tirait de sa poitrine des bouts de saucisse, des tranches de pâté de foie, des paquets de couennes.

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 "couenne"?
"couenne" is spelled C-O-U-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwan\.
What does "couenne" mean?
As a noun, "couenne" means: Peau du cochon, surtout lorsqu’elle a été raclée.
How do you pronounce "couenne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couenne" is \kwan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couenne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

copiées#60,673crispin#60,679cryptés#60,681conviée#60,669

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list