coutumes

\ku.tym\

/\ku.tym\/ noun

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The verdict

“coutumes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,849. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,849
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de coutume.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coutumes · coutumes · French

coutumes · rank #10,849 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,849
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continues

Nearest frequency peer: continues (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « coutumes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « coutumes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coutumes vs couture
75% similar
coutumes vs coutumier
78% similar
coutumes vs coutumiers
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coutumes
PropertyValue
Headwordcoutumes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.tym\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,849
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coutumes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).coutumesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « continues » (#10,848), « coéquipier » (#10,850), « continuant » (#10,847). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coutumes » est au #10,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around coutumes (IPA \ku.tym\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,849 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de coutume.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for coutumes, with forms such as "ccoutumes", "cotuumes", and "coutmues". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "couture", "coutumier", "coutumiers", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is coutumes, spelled C-O-U-T-U-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de coutume.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y a plusieurs coutumes qui portent qu’il est permis à un bourgeois de bléer ou de débléer ses terres toutes les fois qu’il veut.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoutumes
  • cotuumes
  • coutmues
  • couttumes
  • coutuems
  • coutumess
  • coutummes
  • coutumse
  • couutmes
  • cuotumes
  • ocutumes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coutumes - 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.

ccoutumes1cotuumes2coutmues2couttumes1coutuems2coutumess1coutummes1coutumse2
Edit distance from "coutumes"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coutumes"?
"coutumes" is spelled C-O-U-T-U-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.tym\.
What does "coutumes" mean?
As a noun, "coutumes" means: Pluriel de coutume.
What words are commonly confused with "coutumes"?
"coutumes" is commonly confused with "couture", "coutumier", "coutumiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coutumes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coutumes" is \ku.tym\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coutumes" come from?
"coutumes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coutumes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list