couler de source
\ku.le də suʁs\
The verdict
“couler de source” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aller de soi ; être évident.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couler-de-source · couler de source · French
couler de source · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couler de source |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.le də suʁs\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « couler de source » en français
Rare enough to double-check
couler de source is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.le də suʁs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aller de soi ; être évident.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for couler de source, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 couler de source, spelled C-O-U-L-E-R- -D-E- -S-O-U-R-C-E.
Definition
- 1Aller de soi ; être évident.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how couler de source appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je m’exerce à la zénitude et c'est dur. Depuis le temps, cela devrait pourtant couler de source, être acquis, quand même, avec tout le travail que j’ai fait sur moi !
Pour nous, certains points étaient sous-entendus, je veux dire ça coulait de source, mais ça n’avait pas été formulé concrètement, ce qui posait ultérieurement un problème.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.