coule

\kul\

/\kul\/ noun

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The verdict

“coule” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,283. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,283
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manteau à larges manches porté par les religieux et religieuses. Seul celui des moines a une capuche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coule · coule · French

coule · rank #6,283 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,283
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cordes

Nearest frequency peer: cordes (-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.

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

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

corpus weight

What this shows « coule » 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).

coule vs cul
60% similar
coule vs coup
60% similar
coule vs cour
60% similar

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

Key facts for coule
PropertyValue
Headwordcoule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kul\
Letters5
Frequency rank#6,283
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « coule »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « cordes » (#6,282), « courtes » (#6,284), « coordination » (#6,281). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « coule » est au #6,283. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around coule (IPA \kul\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,283 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Manteau à larges manches porté par les religieux et religieuses. Seul celui des moines a une capuche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for coule, with forms such as "ccoule", "colue", and "couel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cul", "coup", "cour", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is coule, spelled C-O-U-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manteau à larges manches porté par les religieux et religieuses. Seul celui des moines a une capuche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il avait grand air avec son visage impérieux et son corps élégant qui ondulait sous la coule.
  2. Michel s’habille soigneusement en civil, baise sa cuirasse et son casque comme un moine près de se défroquer baiserait sa coule, et va prendre à la gare de Versailles ce train de Paris qui faillit être si fatal à son père.

This word in other languages

hood(English)cogulla(Español)Kukulle(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoule
  • colue
  • couel
  • coulle
  • cuole
  • ocule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coule - 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.

ccoule1colue2couel2coulle1cuole2ocule2
Edit distance from "coule"

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 "coule"?
"coule" is spelled C-O-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kul\.
What does "coule" mean?
As a noun, "coule" means: Manteau à larges manches porté par les religieux et religieuses. Seul celui des moines a une capuche.
What words are commonly confused with "coule"?
"coule" is commonly confused with "cul", "coup", "cour". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "coule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coule" is \kul\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "coule" come from?
"coule" 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 "coule", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dormi#6,289genou#6,301hello#6,305âgées#6,259

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cash6 variantsvolet6 variantsJimmy6 variantsvieil6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list