couturier
\ku.ty.ʁje\
The verdict
“couturier” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #20,104 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,104
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couturier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ty.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,104 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couturier” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for couturier is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ty.ʁje\. Corpus data places it at rank #20,104 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for couturier, with forms such as "ccouturier", "cotuurier", and "coutruier". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "couturière", "couturiers", "couture", 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is couturier, spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
- 2Celui qui exécute des travaux de couture, qui fabrique des vêtements.
- 3Ancien nom de celui des muscles de la cuisse qui permet de s’asseoir en tailleur.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccouturier,cotuurier,coutruier,coutturier,coutuirer,coutureir,couturierr,couturire,couturrier,couutrier,cuoturier,ocuturier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of couturier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “couturier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-T-U-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.ty.ʁje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “couturière” - see the side-by-side comparison. couturier vs couturière
- 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.