coussin

/\ku.sɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,649

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

coussin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Sorte de sac cousu de tous les côtés composé de tissu ou de cuir et rempli de plume, de bourre ou de crin, etc., pour s’appuyer, pour s’asseoir, pour poser les pieds ou bien simplement pour décorer. Pronounced \ku.sɛ̃\. Often confused with coussins and Cousin.

Key facts for coussin
PropertyValue
Headwordcoussin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.sɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,649
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of coussin in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for coussin is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.sɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,649 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for coussin, with forms such as "ccoussin", "cosusin", and "coussinn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "coussins", "Cousin", "cassin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is coussin, spelled C-O-U-S-S-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de sac cousu de tous les côtés composé de tissu ou de cuir et rempli de plume, de bourre ou de crin, etc., pour s’appuyer, pour s’asseoir, pour poser les pieds ou bien simplement pour décorer.
  2. 2
    Objet rembourré qui sert à soutenir la tête quand on est couché, par exemple sur un lit.
  3. 3
    Tout dispositif qui rappelle la forme d’un coussin et qui sert, en général, à éviter les frottements, comme dans un collier d’attelage, une machine électrique, etc.
  4. 4
    Base.
  5. 5
    Pièce de bois tendre pour préserver les barres.
  6. 6
    Palier en filin destiné à protéger une amarre, ou une voile contre l'usure due au frottement.
  7. 7
    Planchette de bois dont l’une des faces est rembourrée et que les doreurs utilisent pour poser les feuilles d’or qu’ils doivent couper.
  8. 8
    Boite carrée dont l’extérieur est rembourré et sert de métier à dentelle.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccoussin,cosusin,coussinn,coussni,cuossin,ocussin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for coussin

Misspelling Variants of "coussin"

ccoussin8cosusin7coussinn8coussni7cuossin7ocussin7
Misspelling Variants of "coussin"

Frequency rank: #14,649 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coussin"?
"coussin" is spelled C-O-U-S-S-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.sɛ̃\.
What does "coussin" mean?
As a noun, "coussin" means: Sorte de sac cousu de tous les côtés composé de tissu ou de cuir et rempli de plume, de bourre ou de crin, etc., pour s’appuyer, pour s’asseoir, pour poser les pieds ou bien simplement pour décorer.
What words are commonly confused with "coussin"?
"coussin" is commonly confused with "coussins", "Cousin", "cassin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coussin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coussin" is \ku.sɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coussin" come from?
"coussin" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.