couette

\kwɛt\

/\kwɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“couette” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,348. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,348
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sac de tissu rempli de plumes et servant (rarement) de matelas ou (le plus souvent) d’édredon.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couette · couette · French

couette · rank #15,348 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,348
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cosmique

Nearest frequency peer: cosmique (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « couette »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « couette » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

couette vs coûte
57% similar
couette vs courte
71% similar
couette vs cuvette
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for couette
PropertyValue
Headwordcouette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,348
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.couettese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cosmique » (#15,347), « Denver » (#15,349), « corrompus » (#15,346). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couette » est au #15,348. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around couette (IPA \kwɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,348 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for couette, with forms such as "ccouette", "coeutte", and "couete". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "coûte", "courte", "cuvette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couette, spelled C-O-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sac de tissu rempli de plumes et servant (rarement) de matelas ou (le plus souvent) d’édredon.
  2. 2
    Pièce sur laquelle pose et pivote l’arbre d’une machine, le pivot d’un gond, crapaudine.
  3. 3
    Glissière permettant la mise à l’eau d’un navire, impliquant des couettes vives et des couettes mortes.
  4. 4
    Nom vulgaire de la mouette → voir eider et édredon.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il était étendu sur le dos, sage, dans sa gigoteuse, semblant dormir. Sauf qu’à proximité, sur la housse de couette, il y avait une trace de régurgitation.
  2. L’épaisseur duveteuse de la couette.

Synonyms

douillette

This word in other languages

duvet(English)edredón(Español)Steppdecke(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouette
  • coeutte
  • couete
  • couetet
  • coutete
  • cuoette
  • ocuette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couette - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccouette1coeutte2couete1couetet2coutete2cuoette2ocuette2
Edit distance from "couette"

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 "couette"?
"couette" is spelled C-O-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwɛt\.
What does "couette" mean?
As a noun, "couette" means: Sac de tissu rempli de plumes et servant (rarement) de matelas ou (le plus souvent) d’édredon.
What words are commonly confused with "couette"?
"couette" is commonly confused with "coûte", "courte", "cuvette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couette" is \kwɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couette" come from?
"couette" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

dessein#15,350diables#15,351déclara#15,360chorale#15,328

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

diète7 variantsexcel7 variantsAbdel7 variantsHTML7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list