cuisant

\kɥi.zɑ̃\

/\kɥi.zɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“cuisant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,345. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,345
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui produit une douleur âpre et aiguë.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuisant · cuisant · French

cuisant · rank #36,345 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,345
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuirs

Nearest frequency peer: cuirs (-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 « cuisant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuisant » 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).

cuisant vs cuisine
71% similar
cuisant vs cuistot
71% similar
cuisant vs cuisante
88% similar

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

Key facts for cuisant
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɥi.zɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#36,345
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuisant »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cuisantse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cuirs » (#36,344), « Damme » (#36,346), « crânienne » (#36,343). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuisant » est au #36,345. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around cuisant (IPA \kɥi.zɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #36,345 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuisant, with forms such as "ccuisant", "ciusant", and "cuiasnt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "cuisine", "cuistot", "cuisante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cuisant, spelled C-U-I-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui produit une douleur âpre et aiguë.
  2. 2
    Pénible ; blessant.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un froid cuisant.
  2. Une douleur cuisante.

This word in other languages

stinging(English)grell(Deutsch)acre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuisant
  • ciusant
  • cuiasnt
  • cuisannt
  • cuisantt
  • cuisatn
  • cuisnat
  • cuissant
  • cusiant
  • ucisant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccuisant1ciusant2cuiasnt2cuisannt1cuisantt1cuisatn2cuisnat2cuissant1
Edit distance from "cuisant"

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 "cuisant"?
"cuisant" is spelled C-U-I-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.zɑ̃\.
What does "cuisant" mean?
As an adjective, "cuisant" means: Qui produit une douleur âpre et aiguë.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisant"?
"cuisant" is commonly confused with "cuisine", "cuistot", "cuisante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisant" is \kɥi.zɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisant" come from?
"cuisant" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

creuset#36,341Duchamp#36,356dégagez#36,363collabo#36,313

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

collabos10 variantsChinese10 variantsChauveau10 variantsfrappeur10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list