cuivre

\kɥivʁ\

/\kɥivʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuivre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,963. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,963
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Élément chimique de symbole Cu et de numéro atomique 29.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuivre · cuivre · French

cuivre · rank #5,963 · 8 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,963
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH croisé

Nearest frequency peer: croisé (-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 « cuivre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuivre » 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).

cuivre vs cure
67% similar
cuivre vs cuve
67% similar
cuivre vs cuvée
67% similar

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

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuivre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cuivrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « croisé » (#5,962), « DC » (#5,964), « continuité » (#5,961). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuivre » est au #5,963. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cuivre (IPA \kɥivʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,963 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuivre, with forms such as "ccuivre", "ciuvre", and "cuirve". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cuve", "cuvée", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cuivre, spelled C-U-I-V-R-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La pauvreté en cuivre du sol crétois semble communément acceptée et, inévitablement, la question de l’importation de ce matériau et de ses modalités se pose.
  2. L’utilisation du cuivre, sous forme d’oxyde ou de métal pour colorer le verre, remonte aux origines de la technologie verrière.

Synonyms

Cu♀

This word in other languages

copper(English)cobre(Español)Kupfer(Deutsch)cobre(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuivre
  • ciuvre
  • cuirve
  • cuiver
  • cuivrre
  • cuivvre
  • cuvire
  • ucivre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuivre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccuivre1ciuvre2cuirve2cuiver2cuivrre1cuivvre1cuvire2ucivre2
Edit distance from "cuivre"

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 "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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croisé#5,962cahier#5,952bornes#5,951amiral#5,946

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

dessert8 variantsdéfis8 variantseffacer8 variantsusages8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list