Which to use
“cueille” and “cuiller” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,265
- “cueille” frequency rank
- #37,263
- “cuiller” frequency rank
- 79528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cueille | cuiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de cueillir. | Autre orthographe possible pour cuillère. |
Where the eye mixes cueille and cuiller
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cueille (CVVVCCV) and cuiller (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between cueille and cuiller
A purely visual mix-up. cueille (\kœj\) and cuiller (\kɥi.jɛʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cueille is recorded at frequency rank #42,265, classified as anoun, pronounced \kœj\. cuiller is at rank #37,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɥi.jɛʁ\.
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 79528, this pair ranks #23,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cueille vs cuiller
Shared letters: ceilu. Private to "cueille": -. Private to "cuiller": r.
"cueille" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "cuiller" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cueille" and "cuiller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cueille" vs "cuiller" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cueille" and "cuiller" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cueille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #23,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cueille" and "cuiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cédille vs cueille". 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 #23,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.