cuisses

\kɥis\

/\kɥis\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuisses” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,636. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,636
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de cuisse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuisses · cuisses · French

cuisses · rank #9,636 · 7 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,636
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH créées

Nearest frequency peer: créées (-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 « cuisses »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuisses » 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).

cuisses vs cuisson
71% similar
cuisses vs Cissé
43% similar
cuisses vs caisse
71% similar

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

Key facts for cuisses
PropertyValue
Headwordcuisses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,636
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuisses »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cuissesse 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 « créées » (#9,635), « courriel » (#9,634), « demandée » (#9,638). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuisses » est au #9,636. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around cuisses (IPA \kɥis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,636 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de cuisse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuisses, with forms such as "ccuisses", "ciusses", and "cuisess". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "cuisson", "Cissé", "caisse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuisses, spelled C-U-I-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cuisse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il fallut draper les sexes, encaleçonner les cuisses.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuisses
  • ciusses
  • cuisess
  • cuissess
  • cuissse
  • cusises
  • ucisses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccuisses1ciusses2cuisess2cuissess1cuissse2cusises2ucisses2
Edit distance from "cuisses"

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 "cuisses"?
"cuisses" is spelled C-U-I-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥis\.
What does "cuisses" mean?
As a noun, "cuisses" means: Pluriel de cuisse.
What words are commonly confused with "cuisses"?
"cuisses" is commonly confused with "cuisson", "Cissé", "caisse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuisses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuisses" is \kɥis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuisses" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

coupure#9,632douteux#9,641débuter#9,644décrite#9,645

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

coupée7 variantsdrive7 variantscohen7 variantsfusée7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list