couturière

\ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\

/\ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“couturière” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,907. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,907
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-couturiere · couturière · French

couturière · rank #31,907 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,907
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coursier

Nearest frequency peer: coursier (-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 « couturière »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « couturière » 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).

couturière vs couturiers
80% similar
couturière vs couturier
80% similar
couturière vs coutumier
70% similar

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

Key facts for couturière
PropertyValue
Headwordcouturière
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#31,907
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « couturière »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.couturièrese 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 « coursier » (#31,906), « coteau » (#31,905), « crèvent » (#31,909). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couturière » est au #31,907. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around couturière (IPA \ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,907 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for couturière, with forms such as "ccouturière", "cotuurière", and "coutruière". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "couturiers", "couturier", "coutumier", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is couturière, spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-I-È-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celle qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
  2. 2
    Celle qui exécute des travaux de couture, qui fabrique des vêtements.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour le désespoir des femmes, sa toilette était irréprochable, et toutes lui envièrent une coupe de robe, une forme de corsage dont l’effet fut attribué généralement à quelque génie de couturière inconnue…
  2. Petite couturière. — Couturière en chambre. — Couturière à la journée.

This word in other languages

dressmaker(English)creadora(Español)Näherin(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccouturière
  • cotuurière
  • coutruière
  • coutturière
  • coutuirère
  • couturiere
  • couturirèe
  • couturièer
  • couturièrre
  • couturrière
  • couturèire
  • couutrière
  • cuoturière
  • ocuturière

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccouturière1cotuurière2coutruière2coutturière1coutuirère2couturiere1couturirèe2couturièer2
Edit distance from "couturière"

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 "couturière"?
"couturière" is spelled C-O-U-T-U-R-I-È-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\.
What does "couturière" mean?
As a noun, "couturière" means: Celle qui invente des costumes, prêt-à-porter ou sur mesure.
What words are commonly confused with "couturière"?
"couturière" is commonly confused with "couturiers", "couturier", "coutumier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "couturière"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couturière" is \ku.ty.ʁjɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couturière" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

célébrées14 variantsCorbières14 variantscontemple14 variantsdispersée14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list