cuit-vapeur
\kɥi.va.pœʁ\
The verdict
“cuit-vapeur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Casserole avec des trous permettant le passage de vapeur, se plaçant généralement sur une casserole où l'on fait bouillir de l’eau.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuit-vapeur · cuit-vapeur · French
cuit-vapeur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuit-vapeur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɥi.va.pœʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
cuit-vapeur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɥi.va.pœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for cuit-vapeur in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cuit-vapeur, spelled C-U-I-T---V-A-P-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Casserole avec des trous permettant le passage de vapeur, se plaçant généralement sur une casserole où l'on fait bouillir de l’eau.
- 2Appareil électroménager cuisant à la vapeur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cuit-vapeur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En dehors de ces contraintes techniques, le cuit-vapeur est le mode de cuisson le plus diététique qui soit : il cuit comme personne les légumes al dente et conserve au mieux leurs précieuses vitamines et minéraux.
Avec un cuit-vapeur et une casserole, vous pouvez facilement préparer le soir vos repas du lendemain.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.