cuisiner

\kɥi.zi.ne\

/\kɥi.zi.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“cuisiner” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,092. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,092
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Préparer à manger ; faire la cuisine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuisiner · cuisiner · French

cuisiner · rank #8,092 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,092
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croissante

Nearest frequency peer: croissante (-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 « cuisiner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuisiner » 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).

cuisiner vs cuisines
88% similar
cuisiner vs cuisinier
89% similar
cuisiner vs cuisinière
70% similar

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

Key facts for cuisiner
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisiner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɥi.zi.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,092
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuisiner »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cuisinerse 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 « croissante » (#8,091), « demeurent » (#8,093), « dense » (#8,094). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuisiner » est au #8,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around cuisiner (IPA \kɥi.zi.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,092 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuisiner, with forms such as "ccuisiner", "ciusiner", and "cuiisner". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "cuisines", "cuisinier", "cuisinière", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 cuisiner, spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Préparer à manger ; faire la cuisine.
  2. 2
    Poser des questions de façon à faire parler quelqu’un.
  3. 3
    Fabriquer du crack à partir de cocaïne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lisbeth était allée à la Halle, et le dîner devait être un de ces dîners superfins que Mathurine cuisinait pour son évêque quand il traitait le prélat du diocèse voisin.
  2. Au milieu, un poêle en faïence qui fumait outrageusement et dans le fourneau duquel une vieille femme accroupie cuisinait quelque mets mal odorant.

Synonyms

cooker

This word in other languages

cook(English)cocinar(Español)kochen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuisiner
  • ciusiner
  • cuiisner
  • cuisienr
  • cuisinerr
  • cuisinner
  • cuisinre
  • cuisnier
  • cuissiner
  • cusiiner
  • ucisiner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccuisiner1ciusiner2cuiisner2cuisienr2cuisinerr1cuisinner1cuisinre2cuisnier2
Edit distance from "cuisiner"

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 "cuisiner"?
"cuisiner" is spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.zi.ne\.
What does "cuisiner" mean?
As a verb, "cuisiner" means: Préparer à manger ; faire la cuisine.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisiner"?
"cuisiner" is commonly confused with "cuisines", "cuisinier", "cuisinière". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisiner" is \kɥi.zi.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisiner" come from?
"cuisiner" 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 "cuisiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

déplacé11 variantsdétente11 variantsbudgets11 variantsBoulogne11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list