cuillerée

\kɥij.ʁe\

/\kɥij.ʁe\/ noun

The verdict

“cuillerée” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,014. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,014
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ce que contient une cuillère.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuilleree · cuillerée · French

cuillerée · rank #49,014 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,014
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 257,141
  • PHOTO-FINISH créditée

Nearest frequency peer: créditée (-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 “cuillerée”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “cuillerée” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cuillerée vs cuillères
67% similar
cuillerée vs cuiller
78% similar
cuillerée vs cuillère
78% similar

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

Key facts for cuillerée
PropertyValue
Headwordcuillerée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥij.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,014
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cuillerée” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). cuillerée lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cuillerée (IPA \kɥij.ʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,014 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ce que contient une cuillère.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuillerée, with forms such as "ccuillerée", "ciullerée", and "cuilelrée". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "cuillères", "cuiller", "cuillère", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cuillerée, spelled C-U-I-L-L-E-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce que contient une cuillère.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuillerée
  • ciullerée
  • cuilelrée
  • cuilerée
  • cuilleree
  • cuillereé
  • cuillerrée
  • cuilleére
  • cuillreée
  • culilerée
  • ucillerée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuillerée - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccuillerée1ciullerée2cuilelrée2cuilerée1cuilleree1cuillereé2cuillerrée1cuilleére2
Edit distance from "cuillerée"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuillerée"?
"cuillerée" is spelled C-U-I-L-L-E-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥij.ʁe\.
What does "cuillerée" mean?
As a noun, "cuillerée" means: Ce que contient une cuillère.
What words are commonly confused with "cuillerée"?
"cuillerée" is commonly confused with "cuillères", "cuiller", "cuillère". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuillerée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuillerée" is \kɥij.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuillerée" come from?
"cuillerée" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list