cuisinier

\kɥi.zi.nje\

/\kɥi.zi.nje\/ noun

The verdict

“cuisinier” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,559. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,559
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui prépare, qui cuit la nourriture.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuisinier · cuisinier · French

cuisinier · rank #11,559 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,559
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH créatif

Nearest frequency peer: créatif (-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 « cuisinier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuisinier » 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).

cuisinier vs cuisinière
80% similar
cuisinier vs cuisiniers
90% similar
cuisinier vs cuisine
78% similar

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

Key facts for cuisinier
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisinier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥi.zi.nje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,559
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuisinier »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).cuisinierse 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 « créatif » (#11,558), « crus » (#11,557), « Dennis » (#11,561). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuisinier » est au #11,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around cuisinier (IPA \kɥi.zi.nje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,559 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuisinier, with forms such as "ccuisinier", "ciusinier", and "cuiisnier". 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, "cuisinière", "cuisiniers", "cuisine", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is cuisinier, spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui prépare, qui cuit la nourriture.
  2. 2
    Celui que l’on prend à gages dans une maison, un restaurant pour y faire la cuisine.
  3. 3
    Mouchard, espion.
  4. 4
    Personne qui fabrique du crack à partir de la cocaïne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les enfants s’amuseront énormément à préparer les recettes présentées dans "Les petits cuisiniers", et ils se feront un plaisir de déguster leur chef-d’œuvre.
  2. Cependant, le premier dîner des Goncourt ne fut servi que le 26 février 1903, au Grand Hôtel, préparé par le célèbre cuisinier, on devrait dire « cuisinologue », Auguste Escoffier.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuisinier
  • ciusinier
  • cuiisnier
  • cuisiiner
  • cuisineir
  • cuisinierr
  • cuisinire
  • cuisinnier
  • cuisniier
  • cuissinier
  • cusiinier
  • ucisinier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuisinier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccuisinier1ciusinier2cuiisnier2cuisiiner2cuisineir2cuisinierr1cuisinire2cuisinnier1
Edit distance from "cuisinier"

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 "cuisinier"?
"cuisinier" is spelled C-U-I-S-I-N-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥi.zi.nje\.
What does "cuisinier" mean?
As a noun, "cuisinier" means: Celui qui prépare, qui cuit la nourriture.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisinier"?
"cuisinier" is commonly confused with "cuisinière", "cuisiniers", "cuisine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisinier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisinier" is \kɥi.zi.nje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisinier" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list