cuculle
\ky.kyl\
The verdict
“cuculle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement ample avec capuchon, aujourd’hui appelé coule, porté par les moines anciens au-dessus de la tunique.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuculle · cuculle · French
cuculle · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuculle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.kyl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cuculle » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cuculle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cuculle, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuculle, spelled C-U-C-U-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Vêtement ample avec capuchon, aujourd’hui appelé coule, porté par les moines anciens au-dessus de la tunique.
- 2Scapulaire avec capuchon et bandes latérales, propre aux membres de l’ordre des chartreux.
- 3Coiffure en forme de calotte pointue couverte d’un voile et surmontée d’une croix utilisée notamment par les religieux orthodoxes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuculle appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La légende veut qu’un pauvre lui ayant demandé l’aumône, Clodoald lui ait donné le peu qu’il possédait, la cuculle (capuchon) qu’il portait, et que cet humble vêtement, la nuit venue, se soit illuminé.
Son bavardage fut interrompu par un moine en cuculle, de petite taille, pâle et défait, qui rejoignit le groupe.
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.