cuirette

\kɥi.ʁɛt\

/\kɥi.ʁɛt\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Matière textile synthétique imitant le cuir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuirette · cuirette · French

cuirette · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for cuirette
PropertyValue
Headwordcuirette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥi.ʁɛt\
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cuirette » en français

cuirettereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

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

Rare enough to double-check

cuirette is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɥi.ʁɛt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Matière textile synthétique imitant le cuir.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cuirette, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cuirette, spelled C-U-I-R-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Matière textile synthétique imitant le cuir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je ne sais pas en Belgique, mais au Québec la cuirette (que vous appelez skai) se trouve dans presque n’importe quel magasin de tissu, ça s’achète au mètre pour pas trop cher.
  2. Et elle portait toujours sa jupe et son manteau en cuirette jaune, même quand il s’est mis à faire froid, si froid que la cuirette était toute raide.

Synonyms

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 "cuirette"?
"cuirette" is spelled C-U-I-R-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.ʁɛt\.
What does "cuirette" mean?
As a noun, "cuirette" means: Matière textile synthétique imitant le cuir.
How do you pronounce "cuirette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuirette" is \kɥi.ʁɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuirette" come from?
"cuirette" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list