cuvelier
\ky.və.lje\
The verdict
“cuvelier” is uncommon French (frequency #83,754 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,754
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tonnelier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cuvelier · cuvelier · French
cuvelier · rank #83,754 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,754
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH customisation
Nearest frequency peer: customisation (-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 « cuvelier »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cumulatives
cumulatives
16,249 corpus weight
- customisati…
customisation
16,248 corpus weight
- cuvelier
cuvelier
16,247 corpus weight
- cytochrome
cytochrome
16,246 corpus weight
- céladon
céladon
16,245 corpus weight
- céphalée
céphalée
16,244 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « cuvelier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuvelier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.və.lje\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,754 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cuvelier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cuvelier is uncommon French at frequency #83,754 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.və.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tonnelier.".
Zero misspellings are on record for cuvelier in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is cuvelier, spelled C-U-V-E-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tonnelier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cuvelier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le recensement en question mentionne un tisserand, un boucher, un meunier-boulanger, deux boulangers, un maréchal ferrant, trois maçons, huit cordonniers, huit menuisiers, cinq fermiers, deux couturiers (tailleurs), un drapier, un cuvelier, un couvreur, six bateliers, sept tailleurs de pierres, quatre cabaretiers dont un en même temps joueur de violon, tr…
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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