cusson

\ky.sɔ̃\

/\ky.sɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“cusson” is uncommon French (frequency #81,937 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,937
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sud-ouest de la France) Charançon xylophage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cusson · cusson · French

cusson · rank #81,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,937
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH curseurs

Nearest frequency peer: curseurs (-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 « cusson »

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 « cusson » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cusson
PropertyValue
Headwordcusson
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.sɔ̃\
Letters6
Frequency rank#81,937
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cusson » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cussontombe 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: « curseurs » (#81,936), « cynégétique » (#81,938), « cuistots » (#81,935). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cusson » est au #81,937. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cusson is uncommon French at frequency #81,937 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.sɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Sud-ouest de la France) Charançon xylophage.".

Zero misspellings are on record for cusson in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 cusson, spelled C-U-S-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Sud-ouest de la France) Charançon xylophage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Les voitures se sont mises dans Bordeaux comme les cussons dans un fauteuil Louis XVI » disait déjà Philippe Jullian.
  2. Elles sont toujours là ces toiles d'araignées épaisses comme des voiles de veuves noires chargés de la poussière que font les cussons en mangeant les solives de la maison.

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 "cusson"?
"cusson" is spelled C-U-S-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.sɔ̃\.
What does "cusson" mean?
As a noun, "cusson" means: (Sud-ouest de la France) Charançon xylophage.
How do you pronounce "cusson"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cusson" is \ky.sɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list