custer

[ku.ˈʃtɛr]

/[ku.ˈʃtɛr]/ verb

The verdict

“custer” is uncommon French (frequency #54,511 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,511
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-custer · custer · French

custer · rank #54,511 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,511
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cuticule

Nearest frequency peer: cuticule (+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 « custer »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for custer
PropertyValue
Headwordcuster
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ku.ˈʃtɛr]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,511
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « custer » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).custertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « cuticule » (#54,512), « culpabilisation » (#54,509), « cyberattaque » (#54,513). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « custer » est au #54,511. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

custer is uncommon French at frequency #54,511 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ku.ˈʃtɛr]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coûter.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for custer, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is custer, spelled C-U-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Coûter.

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 "custer"?
"custer" is spelled C-U-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ku.ˈʃtɛr].
What does "custer" mean?
As a verb, "custer" means: Coûter.
How do you pronounce "custer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "custer" is [ku.ˈʃtɛr]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "custer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "custer", 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