cuivre

/\kɥivʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,963

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

cuivre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29. Pronounced \kɥivʁ\. It ranks #5,963 in French word frequency. Often confused with cure and cuve.

Key facts for cuivre
PropertyValue
Headwordcuivre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɥivʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,963
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for cuivre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɥivʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,963 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for cuivre, with forms such as "ccuivre", "ciuvre", and "cuirve". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cuve", "cuvée", 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 cuivre, spelled C-U-I-V-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29.
  2. 2
    Corps simple métallique rougeâtre ductile et malléable constitué de cet élément.
  3. 3
    Planche de ce métal sur laquelle on a gravé.
  4. 4
    Illustration gravée sur une planche de cuivre.
  5. 5
    Divers objets de ce métal.
  6. 6
    Famille d’instruments à vent de matières très variées (métal, bois, os, ivoire, plastique…) dont le son est créé par la vibration des lèvres du musicien dans une embouchure.
  7. 7
    Un oligoélément indispensable aux êtres vivants car catalyseur de nombreuses réactions du métabolisme.
  8. 8
    Sel de ce métal utilisé comme fongicide contre les mildious de la pomme de terre et de la vigne.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccuivre,ciuvre,cuirve,cuiver,cuivrre,cuivvre,cuvire,ucivre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for cuivre

Misspelling Variants of "cuivre"

ccuivre7ciuvre6cuirve6cuiver6cuivrre7cuivvre7cuvire6ucivre6
Misspelling Variants of "cuivre"

Frequency rank: #5,963 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cuivre"?
"cuivre" is spelled C-U-I-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɥivʁ\.
What does "cuivre" mean?
As a noun, "cuivre" means: Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29.
What words are commonly confused with "cuivre"?
"cuivre" is commonly confused with "cure", "cuve", "cuvée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuivre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuivre" is \kɥivʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuivre" come from?
"cuivre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.