couleur
noun
couleur is spelled C-O-U-L-E-U-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, couleur means “A suit of cards, in certain French card games” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of couleur is couleurs.
How many letters and syllables are in couleur?
| Letters | 7: C-O-U-L-E-U-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 103,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is couleur?
Couleur appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 103,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of couleur
- couleurs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does couleur mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A suit of cards, in certain French card games.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does couleur come from?
Borrowed from French couleur. Doublet of color.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).