cousette
\ku.zɛt\
The verdict
“cousette” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jeune couturière.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cousette · cousette · French
cousette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cousette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.zɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cousette » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cousette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.zɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
cousette has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cousette, spelled C-O-U-S-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Jeune couturière.
- 2Étui dans lequel on range le matériel nécessaire à la couture.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cousette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« — Fais comme moi ! Un clou chasse l’autre. Prends pour maîtresse une petite cousette de la ville, et ne pense plus à cette sacrée fille-là ! »
Le moment venu, ils épouseraient une jeune personne de leur monde ; en attendant, on les approuvait de s’amuser avec des filles de petite condition : lorettes, grisettes, midinettes, cousettes.
Synonyms
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.