Which to use
“cuisine” and “cuisines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,474
- “cuisine” frequency rank
- #13,765
- “cuisines” frequency rank
- 15239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuisine | cuisines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pièce où l’on prépare et fait cuire les aliments. | Pluriel de cuisine. |
Same sound, different letters: cuisine vs cuisines
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cuisine runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against cuisines's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cuisine / cuisines
This is the hard kind. cuisine and cuisines are pronounced identically (\kɥi.zin\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “cuisine” sits inside “cuisines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuisine is recorded at frequency rank #1,474, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɥi.zin\. cuisines is at rank #13,765, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɥi.zin\.
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 15239, this pair ranks #393,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cuisine vs cuisines
Shared letters: ceinsu. Private to "cuisine": -. Private to "cuisines": -.
"cuisine" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "cuisines" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cuisine" and "cuisines" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "cuisine" vs "cuisines" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuisine" and "cuisines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cuisante vs cuisine". 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 #393,222 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.