cueillir

\kœ.jiʁ\

/\kœ.jiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“cueillir” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,250. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,250
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Détacher des fruits, des fleurs, des légumes de leurs branches ou de leurs tiges.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cueillir · cueillir · French

cueillir · rank #19,250 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,250
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cubain

Nearest frequency peer: cubain (-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 « cueillir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cueillir » 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).

cueillir vs cuiller
75% similar
cueillir vs cueille
75% similar
cueillir vs cueilli
88% similar

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

Key facts for cueillir
PropertyValue
Headwordcueillir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kœ.jiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#19,250
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cueillir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cueillirse 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 « cubain » (#19,249), « cuvette » (#19,251), « couplet » (#19,248). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cueillir » est au #19,250. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cueillir (IPA \kœ.jiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,250 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cueillir, with forms such as "ccueillir", "ceuillir", and "cueililr". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cuiller", "cueille", "cueilli", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cueillir, spelled C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Détacher des fruits, des fleurs, des légumes de leurs branches ou de leurs tiges.
  2. 2
    Prendre.
  3. 3
    Arrêter un coupable par surprise au moment où il se croyait hors d’atteinte.
  4. 4
    Se faire frapper par surprise à la boxe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les deux couples riaient, bavardaient, cueillaient des fleurs, se cajolaient et se mignotaient, luttaient et se roulaient sur l’herbe, et les jeunes filles fumèrent des cigarettes.
  2. Il était allé lui cueillir un bouquet de coucous pour mettre au pied de la statue de la Vierge qui trônait sur un vieux confiturier reconverti en fourre-tout de laines et de tissus où elle puisait pour occuper ses doigts.

This word in other languages

gather(English)pellizcar(Español)pflücken(Deutsch)arrancar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccueillir
  • ceuillir
  • cueililr
  • cueilir
  • cueillirr
  • cueillri
  • cuelilir
  • cuiellir
  • uceillir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccueillir1ceuillir2cueililr2cueilir1cueillirr1cueillri2cuelilir2cuiellir2
Edit distance from "cueillir"

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 "cueillir"?
"cueillir" is spelled C-U-E-I-L-L-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kœ.jiʁ\.
What does "cueillir" mean?
As a verb, "cueillir" means: Détacher des fruits, des fleurs, des légumes de leurs branches ou de leurs tiges.
What words are commonly confused with "cueillir"?
"cueillir" is commonly confused with "cuiller", "cueille", "cueilli". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cueillir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cueillir" is \kœ.jiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cueillir" come from?
"cueillir" 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 "cueillir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

demeures#19,254descends#19,255desserts#19,256combinés#19,239

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

doutait9 variantsdélice9 variantsEduardo9 variantsboussole9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list