cuillère
\kɥi.jɛʁ\
The verdict
“cuillère” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,026. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,026
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ustensile de table formé d’un manche et d’un cuilleron dont on se sert ordinairement pour manger le potage et d’autres aliments liquides ou de peu de consistance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuillere · cuillère · French
cuillère · rank #11,026 · 10 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,026
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 257,141
- PHOTO-FINISH cravate
Nearest frequency peer: cravate (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “cuillère”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- correspondre
correspondre
88,978 corpus weight
- courtois
courtois
88,977 corpus weight
- cravate
cravate
88,976 corpus weight
- cuillère
cuillère
88,975 corpus weight
- cursus
cursus
88,974 corpus weight
- Danielle
Danielle
88,973 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “cuillère” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | cuillère |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɥi.jɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #11,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuillère” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around cuillère (IPA \kɥi.jɛʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,026 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuillère, with forms such as "ccuillère", "ciullère", and "cuillere". 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, "cuillères", "cuillerée", "cuiller", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuillère, spelled C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Ustensile de table formé d’un manche et d’un cuilleron dont on se sert ordinairement pour manger le potage et d’autres aliments liquides ou de peu de consistance.
- 2Ustensile de cuisine servant à préparer différents aliments.
- 3Unité de mesure utilisée en cuisine pour préparer différents aliments.
- 4Ustensiles de forme identique dont on fait usage dans certains métiers ou loisirs.
- 5Position du coït où l’un des deux partenaires est derrière l’autre, son abdomen contre le dos de l’autre.
- 6Main ; surtout employé lorsqu’il s’agit de la serrer.
- 7Plaquage de dernier recours où la main du plaqueur attrape le pied de l’adversaire pour le faire trébucher dans sa course.
- 8Anneau placé sur le trapèze d’un voilier dans lequel il est possible de s’accrocher avec un harnais pour réduire la gîte du voilier.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccuillère
- ciullère
- cuillere
- cuillrèe
- cuillèer
- cuillèrre
- cuilèlre
- cuilère
- culilère
- ucillère
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuillère - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cuillère", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.