couler une bielle
\ku.le yn bjɛl\
The verdict
“couler une bielle” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Causer la déformation, à la suite d'un échauffement anormal (souvent par défaut de lubrification), du coussinet antifriction qui recouvre l’alésage de la tête de bielle d’un moteur à explosion. Le ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | couler une bielle |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.le yn bjɛl\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “couler une bielle” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
couler une bielle is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.le yn bjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for couler une bielle, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 couler une bielle, spelled C-O-U-L-E-R- -U-N-E- -B-I-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Causer la déformation, à la suite d'un échauffement anormal (souvent par défaut de lubrification), du coussinet antifriction qui recouvre l’alésage de la tête de bielle d’un moteur à explosion. Le coulage de bielle signifie, en pratique, la « mort » du moteur.
- 2Craquer physiquement ou moralement par épuisement.
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.
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Using “couler une bielle”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-L-E-R- -U-N-E- -B-I-E-L-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.le yn bjɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.