cuvette

\ky.vɛt\

/\ky.vɛt\/ noun

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The verdict

“cuvette” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,251. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,251
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Récipient large et peu profond dont on se sert pour se laver, ou destiné à des usages domestiques.

Corpus desk

Index FR-cuvette · cuvette · French

cuvette · rank #19,251 · 8 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,251
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cueillir

Nearest frequency peer: cueillir (-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 « cuvette »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « cuvette » 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).

cuvette vs cette
71% similar
cuvette vs cuvée
57% similar
cuvette vs culotte
71% similar

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

Key facts for cuvette
PropertyValue
Headwordcuvette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.vɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,251
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « cuvette »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.cuvettese 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 « cueillir » (#19,250), « cygne » (#19,252), « cubain » (#19,249). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « cuvette » est au #19,251. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around cuvette (IPA \ky.vɛt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,251 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for cuvette, with forms such as "ccuvette", "cuevtte", and "cuvete". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "cette", "cuvée", "culotte", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is cuvette, spelled C-U-V-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Récipient large et peu profond dont on se sert pour se laver, ou destiné à des usages domestiques.
  2. 2
    Récipient ou sorte d’entonnoir de plomb disposé pour recevoir les eaux d’un tuyau de descente ou les eaux d’une source, d’un aqueduc.
  3. 3
    Plaque de métal qui couvre en arrière le mouvement de certaines montres.
  4. 4
    Forme concave, creusée ou déprimée.
  5. 5
    Configuration de terrain en forme d’entonnoir.
  6. 6
    Petit tube de section carrée utilisé pour l'analyse d’échantillons par spectroscopie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il poussait ma porte, et je le voyais tout gris, tout chauve, en manches de chemise, le cou nu, qui se lavait la figure dans la cuvette.
  2. Elle remontait de jour en jour jusqu’à l’origine du mal, par besoin d’en connaître l’auteur. Il faut quarante jours, lui avait-on dit. Alors elle remontait d’homme en homme, suivant les circonstances, et de cuvette en cuvette. Tout le défilé d’amour avec ses mots et ses gestes parcourait les chambres d’hôtels […].

Synonyms

bassine

This word in other languages

bowl(English)Schüssel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccuvette
  • cuevtte
  • cuvete
  • cuvetet
  • cuvtete
  • cuvvette
  • cvuette
  • ucvette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cuvette - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccuvette1cuevtte2cuvete1cuvetet2cuvtete2cuvvette1cvuette2ucvette2
Edit distance from "cuvette"

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 "cuvette"?
"cuvette" is spelled C-U-V-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.vɛt\.
What does "cuvette" mean?
As a noun, "cuvette" means: Récipient large et peu profond dont on se sert pour se laver, ou destiné à des usages domestiques.
What words are commonly confused with "cuvette"?
"cuvette" is commonly confused with "cette", "cuvée", "culotte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "cuvette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cuvette" is \ky.vɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cuvette" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

couplet#19,248doutait#19,261cockpit#19,237défilés#19,266

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

cygne8 variantscubain8 variantsdorés8 variantscherry8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list