couteau à fruit

\ku.to a fʁɥi\

/\ku.to a fʁɥi\/ noun

The verdict

“couteau à fruit” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Couteau conçu pour éplucher les fruits.

Key facts for couteau à fruit
PropertyValue
Headwordcouteau à fruit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.to a fʁɥi\
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “couteau à fruit” sits in French frequency

couteau à fruit falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for couteau à fruit is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.to a fʁɥi\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Couteau conçu pour éplucher les fruits.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for couteau à fruit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is couteau à fruit, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -F-R-U-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Couteau conçu pour éplucher les fruits.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "couteau à fruit"?
"couteau à fruit" is spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -F-R-U-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.to a fʁɥi\.
What does "couteau à fruit" mean?
As a noun, "couteau à fruit" means: Couteau conçu pour éplucher les fruits.
How do you pronounce "couteau à fruit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couteau à fruit" is \ku.to a fʁɥi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couteau à fruit" come from?
"couteau à fruit" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “couteau à fruit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -À- -F-R-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ku.to a fʁɥi\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list