cuticule
\ky.ti.kyl\
The verdict
“cuticule” is uncommon French (frequency #54,512 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,512
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Petite peau très mince, pellicule, épiderme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuticule |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.ti.kyl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,512 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuticule” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cuticule is uncommon French at frequency #54,512 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.ti.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for cuticule in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuticule, spelled C-U-T-I-C-U-L-E.
Definition
- 1Petite peau très mince, pellicule, épiderme.
- 2Pellicule vernissée formée de cutine qui revêt les tiges et les feuilles des plantes, lui donne un aspect brillant et un caractère hydrophobe.
- 3Peau qui recouvre le chapeau des champignons supérieurs et qui peut souvent être pelée sans difficulté. Note : Selon le mycologue Régis Courtecuisse, ce terme est impropre et devrait être réservé à la surface vernissée de certains polypores. Cependant, ce terme reste couramment utilisé dans son sens général par les mycologues Guillaume Eyssartier et Pierre Roux.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “cuticule”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-T-I-C-U-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.ti.kyl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.