Custine

\kystin\

/\kystin\/ name

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The verdict

“Custine” is uncommon French (frequency #81,034 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,034
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rue du 18ᵉ arrondissement de Paris.

Corpus desk

Index FR-custine · Custine · French

Custine · rank #81,034 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,034
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH Cyrulnik

Nearest frequency peer: Cyrulnik (+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 « Custine »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Custine
PropertyValue
HeadwordCustine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kystin\
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,034
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Custine » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Custinetombe 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: « Cyrulnik » (#81,035), « Czech » (#81,036), « croûton » (#81,031). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Custine » est au #81,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Custine is uncommon French at frequency #81,034 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kystin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Rue du 18ᵉ arrondissement de Paris.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Custine in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Custine, spelled C-U-S-T-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rue du 18ᵉ arrondissement de Paris.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle cache son jeu la Custine, la rue Custine. Elle est un peu rétrécie, elle est sombre, mais elle ouvre des perspectives, elle reste à son rang mais elle sait qu’elle va devenir la rue Caulaincourt.

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 "Custine"?
"Custine" is spelled C-U-S-T-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kystin\.
What does "Custine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Custine" means: Rue du 18ᵉ arrondissement de Paris.
How do you pronounce "Custine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Custine" is \kystin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Custine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

croûton#81,031couvain#81,028Delaune#81,047conféra#81,019

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list