coulaient
\ku.lɛ\
The verdict
“coulaient” is uncommon French (frequency #62,895 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,895
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coulaient · coulaient · French
coulaient · rank #62,895 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,895
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH couchais
Nearest frequency peer: couchais (-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 « coulaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Corées
Corées
37,109 corpus weight
- cosmogonie
cosmogonie
37,108 corpus weight
- couchais
couchais
37,107 corpus weight
- coulaient
coulaient
37,106 corpus weight
- couvrirait
couvrirait
37,105 corpus weight
- craies
craies
37,103 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coulaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coulaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.lɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,895 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coulaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coulaient is uncommon French at frequency #62,895 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.lɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coulaient in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coulaient, spelled C-O-U-L-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coulaient appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les cabarets étaient bondés, on buvait à l’intérieur, au premier étage, sur le trottoir ; le lambic, le faro et aussi les alcools de toutes sortes coulaient à pleins bords des barriques et des bouteilles, humectant les lèvres, surexcitant les esprits.
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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