cuillers

\kɥi.jɛʁ\

/\kɥi.jɛʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“cuillers” is uncommon French (frequency #73,876 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,876
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cuiller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuillers · cuillers · French

cuillers · rank #73,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,876
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH CTT

Nearest frequency peer: CTT (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cuillers »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cuillers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cuillers
PropertyValue
Headwordcuillers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥi.jɛʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cuillers » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cuillerstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « CTT » (#73,875), « cuivrée » (#73,877), « crypter » (#73,874). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuillers » est au #73,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuillers is uncommon French at frequency #73,876 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɥi.jɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cuiller.".

cuillers has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cuillers, spelled C-U-I-L-L-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cuiller.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On entendait, du rez-de-chaussée au sixième, des bruits de vaisselle, des poêlons qu’on barbotait, des casseroles qu’on grattait avec des cuillers pour les récurer.
  2. Ils firent ainsi trois fois le tour de la place ; dame Thérèse acheta tout ce qu’il lui fallait pour le ménage : une brosse à lessive, des cuillers en étain, une écumoire et d’autres objets semblables ; Hans Aden acheta une faux qui rendait un son clair et vibrant, des sabots et une étrille.

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 "cuillers"?
"cuillers" is spelled C-U-I-L-L-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.jɛʁ\.
What does "cuillers" mean?
As a noun, "cuillers" means: Pluriel de cuiller.
How do you pronounce "cuillers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuillers" is \kɥi.jɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuillers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list