coussin
\ku.sɛ̃\
The verdict
“coussin” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #14,649 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,649
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 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.
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 | coussin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.sɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #14,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coussin” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coussin is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coussin, with forms such as "ccoussin", "cosusin", and "coussinn". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "coussins", "Cousin", "cassin", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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. The correct French form is coussin, spelled C-O-U-S-S-I-N.
Definition
- 1Sorte 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.
- 2Objet rembourré qui sert à soutenir la tête quand on est couché, par exemple sur un lit.
- 3Tout 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.
- 4Base.
- 5Pièce de bois tendre pour préserver les barres.
- 6Palier en filin destiné à protéger une amarre, ou une voile contre l'usure due au frottement.
- 7Planchette de bois dont l’une des faces est rembourrée et que les doreurs utilisent pour poser les feuilles d’or qu’ils doivent couper.
- 8Boite 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coussin - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “coussin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-S-S-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.sɛ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “coussins” - see the side-by-side comparison. coussin vs coussins
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.