cuirette
\kɥi.ʁɛt\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuirette |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɥi.ʁɛt\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cuirette » en français
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
- 1Matière textile synthétique imitant le cuir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuirette appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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.