couteau de cuisine

\ku.to də kɥi.zin\

/\ku.to də kɥi.zin\/ noun

The verdict

“couteau de cuisine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand couteau utilisé par les cuisiniers, par ceux qui font la cuisine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couteau-de-cuisine · couteau de cuisine · French

couteau de cuisine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 18 letters
  • VOW-10 10 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.

Key facts for couteau de cuisine
PropertyValue
Headwordcouteau de cuisine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.to də kɥi.zin\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couteau de cuisine » en français

couteau de cuisinereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

couteau de cuisine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.to də kɥi.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grand couteau utilisé par les cuisiniers, par ceux qui font la cuisine.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for couteau de cuisine, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is couteau de cuisine, spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-U-I-S-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand couteau utilisé par les cuisiniers, par ceux qui font la cuisine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how couteau de cuisine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. On l'a tuée d'un coup de couteau en plein cœur, sans doute un couteau de cuisine, avant de la jeter dans la benne à ordures.
  2. À Seki, une petite ville du centre du Japon autrefois réputée pour ses sabres de samouraïs, des artisans affûtent et polissent des couteaux de cuisine à tour de bras.

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 de cuisine"?
"couteau de cuisine" is spelled C-O-U-T-E-A-U- -D-E- -C-U-I-S-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.to də kɥi.zin\.
What does "couteau de cuisine" mean?
As a noun, "couteau de cuisine" means: Grand couteau utilisé par les cuisiniers, par ceux qui font la cuisine.
How do you pronounce "couteau de cuisine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couteau de cuisine" is \ku.to də kɥi.zin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couteau de cuisine" come from?
"couteau de cuisine" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list