cuirs

\kɥiʁ\

/\kɥiʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuirs” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,344. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,344
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuirs · cuirs · French

cuirs · rank #36,344 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,344
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH crânienne

Nearest frequency peer: crânienne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuirs »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cuirs » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

cuirs vs cure
60% similar
cuirs vs cuit
60% similar
cuirs vs culs
60% similar

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

Key facts for cuirs
PropertyValue
Headwordcuirs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥiʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,344
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuirs »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cuirsse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « crânienne » (#36,343), « cuisant » (#36,345), « crucifixion » (#36,342). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuirs » est au #36,344. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cuirs (IPA \kɥiʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,344 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cuir.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuirs, with forms such as "ccuirs", "ciurs", and "cuirrs". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cuit", "culs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is cuirs, spelled C-U-I-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cuir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. L’huile empêche l’eau du sol de pénétrer, comme elle le fait, dans les cuirs les meilleurs, et de désassouplir les chaussures (ce qui paralyse, on le sait, entièrement la marche)…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuirs
  • ciurs
  • cuirrs
  • cuirss
  • cuisr
  • curis
  • ucirs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuirs - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccuirs1ciurs2cuirrs1cuirss1cuisr2curis2ucirs2
Edit distance from "cuirs"

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 "cuirs"?
"cuirs" is spelled C-U-I-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥiʁ\.
What does "cuirs" mean?
As a noun, "cuirs" means: Pluriel de cuir.
What words are commonly confused with "cuirs"?
"cuirs" is commonly confused with "cure", "cuit", "culs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuirs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuirs" is \kɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuirs" come from?
"cuirs" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Damme#36,346deals#36,347crade#36,340Essec#36,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

chais7 variantsflood7 variantsgravi7 variantsbanner7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list