courge cireuse
\kuʁ.ʒə si.ʁøz\
The verdict
“courge cireuse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nom usuel de Benincasa hispida plante grimpante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Cucurbitaceae, originaire d’Asie et cultivée dans de nombreuses régions tropicales et subtropicales pour son fruit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courge cireuse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ.ʒə si.ʁøz\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courge cireuse” sits in French frequency
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courge cireuse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ.ʒə si.ʁøz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for courge cireuse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is courge cireuse, spelled C-O-U-R-G-E- -C-I-R-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1Nom usuel de Benincasa hispida plante grimpante herbacée annuelle de la famille des Cucurbitaceae, originaire d’Asie et cultivée dans de nombreuses régions tropicales et subtropicales pour son fruit.
- 2Son fruit consommé comme légume, dont la peau est verte et la chaire blanche.
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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.
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Using “courge cireuse”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-G-E- -C-I-R-E-U-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kuʁ.ʒə si.ʁøz\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.