custer

[ku.ˈʃtɛr]

/[ku.ˈʃtɛr]/ verb

The verdict

“custer” is uncommon French (frequency #54,511 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,511
frequency rank, French
257,141
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Coûter.

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)

Where “custer” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). custer lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

custer is uncommon French at frequency #54,511 among 257,141 “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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Using “custer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-U-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ku.ˈʃtɛr] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list