cuve

\kyv\

/\kyv\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuve” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,006
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand récipient de bois, de métal ou de maçonnerie dont on se sert ordinairement pour fouler la vendange ou pour y laisser fermenter le vin nouveau avec la grappe, pour faire de la bière et pour di...

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuve · cuve · French

cuve · rank #14,006 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,006
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH culinaire

Nearest frequency peer: culinaire (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuve »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « cuve » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

cuve vs CV
0% similar
cuve vs cuves
80% similar
cuve vs cuvée
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for cuve
PropertyValue
Headwordcuve
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kyv\
Letters4
Frequency rank#14,006
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuve »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).cuvese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « culinaire » (#14,005), « derek » (#14,007), « devrai » (#14,008). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuve » est au #14,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around cuve (IPA \kyv\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,006 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuve, with forms such as "ccuve", "cuev", and "cuvve". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "CV", "cuves", "cuvée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 cuve, spelled C-U-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand récipient de bois, de métal ou de maçonnerie dont on se sert ordinairement pour fouler la vendange ou pour y laisser fermenter le vin nouveau avec la grappe, pour faire de la bière et pour divers autres usages.
  2. 2
    Récipient en toute sorte de matière et pour divers usages.
  3. 3
    Chaudron.
  4. 4
    Évier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Des coteaux d’Arbois, de Poligny et de Salins, descendait, chaque automne, avec les cuves pleines, le beau vin couleur peau d’oignon, jailli des grappes de poulsard, […].
  2. Or, le bruit se répandit bientôt que le juif avait jeté l'hostie dans une cuve d'eau bouillante, à la suite de quoi l'eau aurait rougi sans s'altérer.

Synonyms

bacbaquetcomportebaillecuvierbaignoirebidonvasqueciternecuvetterécipientréservoir

This word in other languages

tub(English)tina(Español)Bottich(Deutsch)cuba(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuve
  • cuev
  • cuvve
  • cvue
  • ucve

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuve - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccuve1cuev2cuvve1cvue2ucve2
Edit distance from "cuve"

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 "cuve"?
"cuve" is spelled C-U-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kyv\.
What does "cuve" mean?
As a noun, "cuve" means: Grand récipient de bois, de métal ou de maçonnerie dont on se sert ordinairement pour fouler la vendange ou pour y laisser fermenter le vin nouveau avec la grappe, pour faire de la bière et pour di...
What words are commonly confused with "cuve"?
"cuve" is commonly confused with "CV", "cuves", "cuvée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuve"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuve" is \kyv\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuve" come from?
"cuve" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Doug#14,016ducs#14,017bêta#13,984bute#13,983

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

haïr5 variantsanal5 variantsvêtu5 variantslist5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list