cuisine

\kɥi.zin\

/\kɥi.zin\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuisine” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,474. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,474
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce où l’on prépare et fait cuire les aliments.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuisine · cuisine · French

cuisine · rank #1,474 · 9 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,474
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conférence

Nearest frequency peer: conférence (-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 « cuisine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuisine » 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).

cuisine vs cuisse
71% similar
cuisine vs culmine
71% similar
cuisine vs cuisiner
88% similar

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

Key facts for cuisine
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥi.zin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,474
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuisine »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cuisinese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conférence » (#1,473), « champ » (#1,472), « danger » (#1,476). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuisine » est au #1,474. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around cuisine (IPA \kɥi.zin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,474 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuisine, with forms such as "ccuisine", "ciusine", and "cuiisne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "cuisse", "culmine", "cuisiner", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is cuisine, spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce où l’on prépare et fait cuire les aliments.
  2. 2
    Ensemble du personnel travaillant dans cette pièce à l’élaboration des plats.
  3. 3
    Ensemble d’ustensiles servant à préparer les aliments et qu’on peut transporter d’un lieu dans un autre.
  4. 4
    Ordinaire d’une maison, repas qu’on y prépare habituellement.
  5. 5
    Action de préparer à manger.
  6. 6
    Art d’apprêter les mets, les aliments.
  7. 7
    Manœuvre ; intrigue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Zaheira disparut vers la cuisine, revint avec des plats alléchants, disposa gentiment l’eau et le pain sur la table.
  2. Gaspard vit avec joie la femme poser une soupière fumante sur la table de la cuisine.

Synonyms

art culinairegastronomieintriguemanœuvretambouille

This word in other languages

kitchen(English)cocina(Español)Küche(Deutsch)cozinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuisine
  • ciusine
  • cuiisne
  • cuisien
  • cuisinne
  • cuisnie
  • cuissine
  • cusiine
  • ucisine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccuisine1ciusine2cuiisne2cuisien2cuisinne1cuisnie2cuissine1cusiine2
Edit distance from "cuisine"

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 "cuisine"?
"cuisine" is spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.zin\.
What does "cuisine" mean?
As a noun, "cuisine" means: Pièce où l’on prépare et fait cuire les aliments.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisine"?
"cuisine" is commonly confused with "cuisse", "culmine", "cuisiner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisine" is \kɥi.zin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisine" come from?
"cuisine" 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 "cuisine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

attends#1,468appeler#1,467maisons#1,483opinion#1,488

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

danger9 variantsdéputé9 variantsvidéos9 variantsobjets9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list