ustensile de cuisine
\ys.tɑ̃.sil də kɥi.zin\
The verdict
“ustensile de cuisine” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument utilisé en cuisine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ustensile-de-cuisine · ustensile de cuisine · French
ustensile de cuisine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ustensile de cuisine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ys.tɑ̃.sil də kɥi.zin\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ustensile de cuisine » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ustensile de cuisine is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ys.tɑ̃.sil də kɥi.zin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument utilisé en cuisine.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ustensile de cuisine, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is ustensile de cuisine, spelled U-S-T-E-N-S-I-L-E- -D-E- -C-U-I-S-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Instrument utilisé en cuisine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ustensile de cuisine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ils vendirent leur mobilier sur place et ne ramenèrent de Termonde que leurs vêtements et leur linge de maison, leur plus belle vaisselle, le fauteuil d'osier de bon-papa et ce qui lui restait de livres ainsi que les ustensiles de cuisine de bonne-maman.
Les enfants entendirent un crépitement ferrailleux sur l’asphalte, comme une pluie d’ustensiles de cuisine qui s’abattait sur la chaussée.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.