cuillère en bois

\kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\

/\kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuillère en bois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cuillère faite de bois et utilisé en cuisine pour ne pas abîmer les récipients.

Key facts for cuillère en bois
PropertyValue
Headwordcuillère en bois
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cuillère en bois” sits in French frequency

cuillère en bois falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuillère en bois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cuillère faite de bois et utilisé en cuisine pour ne pas abîmer les récipients.".

cuillère en bois doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cuillère en bois, spelled C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E- -E-N- -B-O-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuillère faite de bois et utilisé en cuisine pour ne pas abîmer les récipients.

This word in other languages

wooden spoon(English)Kochlöffel(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuillère en bois"?
"cuillère en bois" is spelled C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E- -E-N- -B-O-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\.
What does "cuillère en bois" mean?
As a noun, "cuillère en bois" means: Cuillère faite de bois et utilisé en cuisine pour ne pas abîmer les récipients.
How do you pronounce "cuillère en bois"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuillère en bois" is \kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuillère en bois" come from?
"cuillère en bois" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “cuillère en bois”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-I-L-L-È-R-E- -E-N- -B-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɥi.jɛ.ʁ‿ɑ̃ bwa\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list