coussiège
\ku.sjɛʒ\
The verdict
“coussiège” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Banc ménagé dans l’embrasure d’une fenêtre, que l’on revêtait de bois, de coussins, etc.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coussiege · coussiège · French
coussiège · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coussiège |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.sjɛʒ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coussiège » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coussiège is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.sjɛʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Banc ménagé dans l’embrasure d’une fenêtre, que l’on revêtait de bois, de coussins, etc.".
No misspelling variants are generated for coussiège in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coussiège, spelled C-O-U-S-S-I-È-G-E.
Definition
- 1Banc ménagé dans l’embrasure d’une fenêtre, que l’on revêtait de bois, de coussins, etc.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coussiège appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On remarque, à l’est, une latrine et une fenêtre tréflée avec un coussiège et un étroit petit couloir aboutissant à une meurtrière. À l’ouest, grande baie à meneaux flanquée de deux coussièges et une armoire murale.
Sebastian se leva du coussiège, se distinguant de l’obscurité à la lumière du clair de lune.
This word in other languages
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.