Which to use
“cuiller” and “cuillères” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,263
- “cuiller” frequency rank
- #27,760
- “cuillères” frequency rank
- 65023
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuiller | cuillères |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Autre orthographe possible pour cuillère. | Pluriel de cuillère. |
Same sound, different letters: cuiller vs cuillères
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cuiller runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against cuillères's 9 (CVVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cuiller / cuillères
This is the hard kind. cuiller and cuillères are pronounced identically (\kɥi.jɛʁ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65023, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuiller is recorded at frequency rank #37,263, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɥi.jɛʁ\. cuillères is at rank #27,760, 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 65023, this pair ranks #74,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cuiller vs cuillères
Shared letters: ceilru. Private to "cuiller": -. Private to "cuillères": sè.
"cuiller" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "cuillères" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cuiller ← ccuiller · ciuller · cuilelr · cuiler · cuillerr · cuillre · culiler · uciller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cuiller" and "cuillères" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "cuiller" or "cuillères" show up more?
After this comparison
"cuiller" and "cuillères" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuiller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuillères" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,243 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuiller" and "cuillères" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuiller vs cuillerée". 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 #74,243 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.