coltiner

\kɔl.ti.ne\

/\kɔl.ti.ne\/ verb

The verdict

“coltiner” is uncommon French (frequency #53,216 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,216
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porter quelque chose de lourd.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coltiner · coltiner · French

coltiner · rank #53,216 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,216
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH colonnade

Nearest frequency peer: colonnade (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « coltiner »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coltiner » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for coltiner
PropertyValue
Headwordcoltiner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔl.ti.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,216
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coltiner » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).coltinertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « colonnade » (#53,215), « combattaient » (#53,217), « commutateurs » (#53,218). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coltiner » est au #53,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coltiner is uncommon French at frequency #53,216 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔl.ti.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for coltiner, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coltiner, spelled C-O-L-T-I-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porter quelque chose de lourd.
  2. 2
    Être chargé d’une tâche fatigante, supporter quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how coltiner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le village en suintait de nourriture et d’escouades dans la nuit bouffie de graisse, de pommes, d’avoine, de sucre, qu’il fallait coltiner et bazarder en route, au hasard des escouades.
  2. Magnin sort une malle d’osier emplie de battements d’ailes. Je l’aide à la coltiner jusqu’au hangar.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coltiner"?
"coltiner" is spelled C-O-L-T-I-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔl.ti.ne\.
What does "coltiner" mean?
As a verb, "coltiner" means: Porter quelque chose de lourd.
How do you pronounce "coltiner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coltiner" is \kɔl.ti.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coltiner" come from?
"coltiner" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "coltiner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list