cunt

\ˈkʌnt\

/\ˈkʌnt\/ noun

The verdict

“cunt” is uncommon French (frequency #80,101 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,101
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Con, vulve.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cunt · cunt · French

cunt · rank #80,101 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,101
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuneo

Nearest frequency peer: cuneo (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « cunt »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cunt » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cunt
PropertyValue
Headwordcunt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkʌnt\
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,101
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cunt » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cunttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « cuneo » (#80,100), « cyberharcèlement » (#80,102), « cumming » (#80,099). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cunt » est au #80,101. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cunt is uncommon French at frequency #80,101 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈkʌnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for cunt, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cunt, spelled C-U-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Con, vulve.
  2. 2
    Putain, salope, connard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Our bodies froze, her ass raised and tilted, her cunt glued to my cock, and there was not a tremor anywhere inside us, only the consciousness of that single messenger braving its way through fallopian mazes and immeasurable canyons to liberate the living awareness of another human entity from its protein meditation. The child was conceived.
  2. That girl is such a cunt.

Synonyms

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 "cunt"?
"cunt" is spelled C-U-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkʌnt\.
What does "cunt" mean?
As a noun, "cunt" means: Con, vulve.
How do you pronounce "cunt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cunt" is \ˈkʌnt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cunt" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list