couturier

\ku.ty.ʁje\

/\ku.ty.ʁje\/ noun

The verdict

“couturier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,104. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,104
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couturier · couturier · French

couturier · rank #20,104 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,104
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coussins

Nearest frequency peer: coussins (-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 « couturier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couturier » 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).

couturier vs couturière
80% similar
couturier vs couturiers
90% similar
couturier vs couture
78% similar

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

Key facts for couturier
PropertyValue
Headwordcouturier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ty.ʁje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#20,104
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couturier »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coussins » (#20,103), « craie » (#20,105), « couronnée » (#20,102). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couturier » est au #20,104. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around couturier (IPA \ku.ty.ʁje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,104 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Celui qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
  2. 2
    Celui qui exécute des travaux de couture, qui fabrique des vêtements.
  3. 3
    Ancien nom de celui des muscles de la cuisse qui permet de s’asseoir en tailleur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Trois top-modèles vivaient en colocation dans l'appartement prêté par un couturier en vogue. Une quatrième débarqua de sa Russie natale, une longue liane de 180 cm, belle, de naturel parée.

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.

ccouturier1cotuurier2coutruier2coutturier1coutuirer2coutureir2couturierr1couturire2
Edit distance from "couturier"

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 "couturier"?
"couturier" is spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ty.ʁje\.
What does "couturier" mean?
As a noun, "couturier" means: Celui qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
What words are commonly confused with "couturier"?
"couturier" is commonly confused with "couturière", "couturiers", "couture". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couturier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couturier" is \ku.ty.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couturier" come from?
"couturier" 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 "couturier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list