cuisse

/\kɥis\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,462

in French word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

cuisse is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie du membre inférieur allant de la hanche au genou. Pronounced \kɥis\. It ranks #9,462 in French word frequency. Often confused with cuite and cuits.

Key facts for cuisse
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#9,462
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of cuisse in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cuisse is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɥis\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,462 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuisse, with forms such as "ccuisse", "ciusse", and "cuise". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cuite", "cuits", "cuivre", 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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is cuisse, spelled C-U-I-S-S-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie du membre inférieur allant de la hanche au genou.
  2. 2
    Chez les insectes, le fémur ou troisième article de la patte thoracique.
  3. 3
    (Vieilli) Qualifie la viscosité d’un vin sur la paroi du verre.
  4. 4
    Quartier de certains fruits (noix, oranges, etc.).
  5. 5
    L’activité sexuelle. S’utilise au singulier dans des expressions comme :

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuisse,ciusse,cuise,cuises,cusise,ucisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuisse

Misspelling Variants of "cuisse"

ccuisse7ciusse6cuise5cuises6cusise6ucisse6
Misspelling Variants of "cuisse"

Frequency rank: #9,462 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuisse"?
"cuisse" is spelled C-U-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥis\.
What does "cuisse" mean?
As a noun, "cuisse" means: Partie du membre inférieur allant de la hanche au genou.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisse"?
"cuisse" is commonly confused with "cuite", "cuits", "cuivre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisse" is \kɥis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisse" come from?
"cuisse" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.