Which to use
“cousu” is an adjective and “cousue” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,963
- “cousu” frequency rank
- #39,728
- “cousue” frequency rank
- 70691
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cousu | cousue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Lié par une couture. | Cigarette industrielle, déjà roulée, par opposition à celle que l’on roule soi-même. |
Same sound, different letters: cousu vs cousue
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. cousu runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against cousue's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cousu / cousue
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: cousu and cousue carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ku.zy\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cousu” sits inside “cousue”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70691, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cousu is recorded at frequency rank #30,963, classified as anadj, pronounced \ku.zy\. cousue is at rank #39,728, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ku.zy\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 70691, this pair ranks #50,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cousu vs cousue
Shared letters: cosu. Private to "cousu": -. Private to "cousue": e.
"cousu" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "cousue" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cousu" for "cousue" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cousu" or "cousue"?
Useful next steps
"cousu" and "cousue" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cousu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cousue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cousu" and "cousue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courus vs cousue". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #50,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.