cuticules

\ky.ti.kyl\

/\ky.ti.kyl\/ noun

The verdict

“cuticules” is uncommon French (frequency #95,771 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,771
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuticules · cuticules · French

cuticules · rank #95,771 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,771
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH customisée

Nearest frequency peer: customisée (-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 « cuticules »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for cuticules
PropertyValue
Headwordcuticules
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.ti.kyl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#95,771
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « cuticules » en français

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « customisée » (#95,770), « cumulards » (#95,769), « cyanobactéries » (#95,773). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuticules » est au #95,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cuticules is uncommon French at frequency #95,771 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.ti.kyl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de cuticule.".

cuticules has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is cuticules, spelled C-U-T-I-C-U-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de cuticule.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 23 pots de crème pour le corps, le visage, les mains, les pieds, spéciale contour des yeux, spéciale cuticules, anti-cellulite, amincissante, repulpante, à l’acide hyaluronique, aux tenseurs actifs.

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 "cuticules"?
"cuticules" is spelled C-U-T-I-C-U-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.ti.kyl\.
What does "cuticules" mean?
As a noun, "cuticules" means: Pluriel de cuticule.
How do you pronounce "cuticules"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuticules" is \ky.ti.kyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuticules" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list