couiner
\kwi.ne\
The verdict
“couiner” is uncommon French (frequency #67,406 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,406
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grincer, se plaindre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couiner · couiner · French
couiner · rank #67,406 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,406
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH cossu
Nearest frequency peer: cossu (-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 « couiner »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cose
cose
32,598 corpus weight
- cosigné
cosigné
32,597 corpus weight
- cossu
cossu
32,596 corpus weight
- couiner
couiner
32,595 corpus weight
- craintifs
craintifs
32,594 corpus weight
- crevards
crevards
32,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « couiner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couiner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kwi.ne\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,406 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couiner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couiner is uncommon French at frequency #67,406 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kwi.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for couiner in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 couiner, spelled C-O-U-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Grincer, se plaindre.
- 2Émettre un couinement, le cri du lapin, du lièvre lorsqu’il est pris en chasse.
- 3Émettre un couinement, un cri aigu, en parlant d’autres animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Distancé par la charrette dont l’ossature couinait sous la charge, le père suivait en répétant : — Pourvu qu’il ne cogne pas une dalle, il me casserait la charrette.
Une sirène astounette couina à l’extérieur.
Synonyms
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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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