coutre
\kutʁ\
The verdict
“coutre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fer tranchant qui fait partie de la charrue et qui sert à fendre la terre quand on laboure.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coutre · coutre · French
coutre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | coutre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kutʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coutre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kutʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coutre, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coutre, spelled C-O-U-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fer tranchant qui fait partie de la charrue et qui sert à fendre la terre quand on laboure.
- 2Hache qui sert à refendre les échalas ; merlin à fendre le bois de chauffage.
- 3Par analogie de forme avec la pièce de charrue, ardoise coupée en biais sur la longueur et la largeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coutre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’on ne s’y servait pas déjà de mauvais coutres, comme en certaines parties de la France, et la houe suffisait au peu de labours qui s’y faisaient.
Ce soc est fort petit, et le coutre qui ne fait qu’écorcher la terre, pour ainsi dire ; à mesure que les sillons sont tirés, les laboureurs rompent les mottes avec de grosses maillottes de bois.
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.