coutre

\kutʁ\

/\kutʁ\/ noun

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.

Key facts for coutre
PropertyValue
Headwordcoutre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kutʁ\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coutre » en français

coutresiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

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

  1. 1
    Fer tranchant qui fait partie de la charrue et qui sert à fendre la terre quand on laboure.
  2. 2
    Hache qui sert à refendre les échalas ; merlin à fendre le bois de chauffage.
  3. 3
    Par analogie de forme avec la pièce de charrue, ardoise coupée en biais sur la longueur et la largeur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coutre"?
"coutre" is spelled C-O-U-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kutʁ\.
What does "coutre" mean?
As a noun, "coutre" means: Fer tranchant qui fait partie de la charrue et qui sert à fendre la terre quand on laboure.
How do you pronounce "coutre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coutre" is \kutʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coutre" come from?
"coutre" 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