Cousine
\kuˈziː.nə\
The verdict
“Cousine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,170
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cousine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cousine · Cousine · French
Cousine · rank #7,170 · 9 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,170
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH coupables
Nearest frequency peer: coupables (-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 « Cousine »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- comble
comble
92,835 corpus weight
- commenter
commenter
92,834 corpus weight
- coupables
coupables
92,832 corpus weight
- Cousine
Cousine
92,831 corpus weight
- croyance
croyance
92,830 corpus weight
- culpabilité
culpabilité
92,828 corpus weight
What this shows « Cousine » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Cousine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuˈziː.nə\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #7,170 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Cousine »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Cousine (IPA \kuˈziː.nə\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,170 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cousine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Cousine, with forms such as "ccousine", "cosuine", and "couisne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cousue", "cuisine", "cousins", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Cousine, spelled C-O-U-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Cousine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Cousine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Cousine hat ihr Haus in Moers von zwei Polen streichen lassen.
Es hat wenige Wochen gedauert, bis mein polnischer Name eingedeutscht wurde, und ein Jahr, bis mein Polnisch von einem deutschen Akzent durchzogen wurde, für den mich meine polnische Cousine bei ihren Besuchen verlachte.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccousine
- cosuine
- couisne
- cousien
- cousinne
- cousnie
- coussine
- cuosine
- ocusine
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Cousine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Cousine", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).