coula
\ku.la\
The verdict
“coula” is uncommon French (frequency #50,141 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,141
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de couler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coula · coula · French
coula · rank #50,141 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,141
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH Coucy
Nearest frequency peer: Coucy (-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 « coula »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- cordiales
cordiales
49,863 corpus weight
- corrigez
corrigez
49,862 corpus weight
- Coucy
Coucy
49,861 corpus weight
- coula
coula
49,860 corpus weight
- coupera
coupera
49,859 corpus weight
- couplés
couplés
49,858 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coula » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coula |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.la\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,141 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coula » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coula is uncommon French at frequency #50,141 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de couler.".
Zero misspellings are on record for coula in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coula, spelled C-O-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de couler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coula appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec une souplesse de couleuvre, lentement, imperceptiblement, elle se coula sur la descente de lit, et devant l’absence de réactions de Georges, repta doucement jusqu’à la porte.
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.
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