coulait

\ku.lɛ\

/\ku.lɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“coulait” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,302
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coulait · coulait · French

coulait · rank #29,302 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,302
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coraux

Nearest frequency peer: coraux (-2 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « coulait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « coulait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

coulait vs coulis
71% similar
coulait vs courant
71% similar
coulait vs couloir
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for coulait
PropertyValue
Headwordcoulait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ku.lɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,302
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coulait »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.coulaitse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coraux » (#29,300), « croisements » (#29,304), « convié » (#29,299). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coulait » est au #29,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around coulait (IPA \ku.lɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,302 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coulait, with forms such as "ccoulait", "coluait", and "coualit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "coulis", "courant", "couloir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 coulait, spelled C-O-U-L-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Sarah beurra une tartine pour un moufflet exigeant dont le nez coulait.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoulait
  • coluait
  • coualit
  • coulaitt
  • coulati
  • couliat
  • coullait
  • cuolait
  • oculait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coulait - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccoulait1coluait2coualit2coulaitt1coulati2couliat2coullait1cuolait2
Edit distance from "coulait"

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 "coulait"?
"coulait" is spelled C-O-U-L-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.lɛ\.
What does "coulait" mean?
As a verb, "coulait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de couler.
What words are commonly confused with "coulait"?
"coulait" is commonly confused with "coulis", "courant", "couloir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coulait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coulait" is \ku.lɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coulait" come from?
"coulait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Cupidon#29,305chicane#29,278cellier#29,274Carroll#29,271

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

convié9 variantscombes9 variantscernes9 variantscaptif9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list