Which to use
“cuisse” and “cuisses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,462
- “cuisse” frequency rank
- #9,636
- “cuisses” frequency rank
- 19098
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cuisse | cuisses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie du membre inférieur allant de la hanche au genou. | Pluriel de cuisse. |
Same sound, different letters: cuisse vs cuisses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. cuisse runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against cuisses's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - cuisse / cuisses
This is the hard kind. cuisse and cuisses are pronounced identically (\kɥis\) 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) - “cuisse” sits inside “cuisses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19098, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cuisse is recorded at frequency rank #9,462, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɥis\. cuisses is at rank #9,636, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɥis\.
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 19098, this pair ranks #375,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cuisse vs cuisses
Shared letters: ceisu. Private to "cuisse": -. Private to "cuisses": -.
"cuisse" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "cuisses" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cuisse" and "cuisses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cuisse" or "cuisses"?
Useful next steps
"cuisse" and "cuisses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cuisses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #375,021 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cuisse" and "cuisses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "causses vs cuisses". 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 #375,021 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.