cuiller
\kɥi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“cuiller” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,263. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #37,263
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autre orthographe possible pour cuillère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuiller · cuiller · French
cuiller · rank #37,263 · 8 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #37,263
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH CSU
Nearest frequency peer: CSU (-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 « cuiller »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- criée
criée
62,741 corpus weight
- croisez
croisez
62,740 corpus weight
- CSU
CSU
62,739 corpus weight
- cuiller
cuiller
62,738 corpus weight
- cultura
cultura
62,737 corpus weight
- cumulent
cumulent
62,736 corpus weight
What this shows « cuiller » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuiller |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɥi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #37,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuiller »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around cuiller (IPA \kɥi.jɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,263 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuiller, with forms such as "ccuiller", "ciuller", and "cuilelr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Cullen", "cumuler", "cuillère", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cuiller, spelled C-U-I-L-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Autre orthographe possible pour cuillère.
- 2Partie creuse d'un joug, se positionnant sur le cou de l'animal.
- 3Partie d'un lance-torpille qui dépassait de la coque du navire et servait à guider la torpille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuiller appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les écumoires en cuivre (fig. 140), une grande cuiller ronde, un cassin à bec (fig. 141) pour les gelées, un pochon avec son plat pour les marmelades, un grand versoir pour les calottes (fig. 142); voilà les ustensiles en cuivre.
Elle s’effondra et, ayant voulu s’accrocher à la table, elle l’entraîna dans sa chute. Soucoupes, tasses, cuillers, vases se renversèrent avec fracas sur elle et sur moi, […]
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccuiller
- ciuller
- cuilelr
- cuiler
- cuillerr
- cuillre
- culiler
- uciller
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuiller - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).