coleslaw
\kol.slo\
The verdict
“coleslaw” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salade constituée de chou cru râpé et quelquefois de carottes, de poivrons et d’oignons râpés, ayant reposé quelques heures au frigo dans un mélange de sucre et de sel, de mayonnaise ou de vinaigre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coleslaw · coleslaw · French
coleslaw · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coleslaw |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kol.slo\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
coleslaw is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kol.slo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salade constituée de chou cru râpé et quelquefois de carottes, de poivrons et d’oignons râpés, ayant reposé quelques heures au frigo dans un mélange de sucre et de sel, de mayonnaise ou de vinaigre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for coleslaw in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is coleslaw, spelled C-O-L-E-S-L-A-W.
Definition
- 1Salade constituée de chou cru râpé et quelquefois de carottes, de poivrons et d’oignons râpés, ayant reposé quelques heures au frigo dans un mélange de sucre et de sel, de mayonnaise ou de vinaigre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coleslaw appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On s’y régale de produits frais et sélectionnés, d’excellents coleslaw, de vrais hamburgers et de brownies très chocolatés.
Ce soir-là, j’avais eu droit à un sandwich au corned-beef avec du coleslaw.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.