cueille

\kœj\

/\kœj\/ noun

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The verdict

“cueille” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,265
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cueille · cueille · French

cueille · rank #42,265 · 7 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,265
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cte

Nearest frequency peer: Cte (-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 « cueille »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cueille » 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).

cueille vs Cyrille
57% similar
cueille vs cuiller
71% similar
cueille vs cueilli
86% similar

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

Key facts for cueille
PropertyValue
Headwordcueille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kœj\
Letters7
Frequency rank#42,265
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cueille »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Cte » (#42,264), « cumulus » (#42,266), « CSV » (#42,263). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cueille » est au #42,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cueille (IPA \kœj\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,265 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cueille, with forms such as "ccueille", "ceuille", and "cueile". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "Cyrille", "cuiller", "cueilli", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cueille, spelled C-U-E-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de cueillir.
  2. 2
    Largeur d’un morceau de toile destiné à confectionner les voiles d’un navire.
  3. 3
    Rue pentue, côte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La cueille des cerises dans mon jardin a pris fin ce matin.
  2. Ce centre-ville vit en symbiose avec des faubourgs qui regroupent la majeure partie de la population : ils sont installés au pied des falaises, le long de rues en pente appelées "cueilles" (la Cueille mirebalaise)

Synonyms

cueilletteroquet

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccueille
  • ceuille
  • cueile
  • cueilel
  • cuelile
  • cuielle
  • uceille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cueille - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccueille1ceuille2cueile1cueilel2cuelile2cuielle2uceille2
Edit distance from "cueille"

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 "cueille"?
"cueille" is spelled C-U-E-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kœj\.
What does "cueille" mean?
As a noun, "cueille" means: Action de cueillir.
What words are commonly confused with "cueille"?
"cueille" is commonly confused with "Cyrille", "cuiller", "cueilli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cueille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cueille" is \kœj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cueille" come from?
"cueille" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

cumulus#42,266crédule#42,261disions#42,286décimée#42,299

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

degli7 variantscirca7 variantscassin7 variantsendure7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list