Coulibaly

\ku.li.ba.li\

/\ku.li.ba.li\/ name

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The verdict

“Coulibaly” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,265
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille bambara.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coulibaly · Coulibaly · French

Coulibaly · rank #25,265 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,265
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coronavirus

Nearest frequency peer: coronavirus (-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 « Coulibaly »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Coulibaly » 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
Key facts for Coulibaly
PropertyValue
HeadwordCoulibaly
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ku.li.ba.li\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,265
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Coulibaly »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Coulibalyse 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 « coronavirus » (#25,264), « courbure » (#25,266), « cora » (#25,263). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Coulibaly » est au #25,265. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Coulibaly (IPA \ku.li.ba.li\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #25,265 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom de famille bambara.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Coulibaly, with forms such as "ccoulibaly", "coluibaly", and "couilbaly". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Coulibaly, spelled C-O-U-L-I-B-A-L-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom de famille bambara.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les frères Kouachi et Amedy Coulibaly en direct, Léonarda discutant avec le président de la République, l’arrestation de Dominique Strauss-Kahn : autant d’images et de polémiques autour d'une seule et même chaîne : BFM TV.
  2. Vous lui faites beaucoup de pub, à Bilal Coulibaly.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccoulibaly
  • coluibaly
  • couilbaly
  • coulbialy
  • couliably
  • coulibally
  • coulibalyy
  • coulibayl
  • coulibbaly
  • couliblay
  • coullibaly
  • cuolibaly
  • oculibaly

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Coulibaly - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccoulibaly1coluibaly2couilbaly2coulbialy2couliably2coulibally1coulibalyy1coulibayl2
Edit distance from "Coulibaly"

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 "Coulibaly"?
"Coulibaly" is spelled C-O-U-L-I-B-A-L-Y. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.li.ba.li\.
What does "Coulibaly" mean?
As a proper noun, "Coulibaly" means: Nom de famille bambara.
What are common misspellings of "Coulibaly"?
Common misspellings include "ccoulibaly", "coluibaly", "couilbaly", "coulbialy", "couliably". The correct spelling is "Coulibaly".
How do you pronounce "Coulibaly"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Coulibaly" is \ku.li.ba.li\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Coulibaly" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confiante#25,258composait#25,255compensée#25,254Desmarais#25,276

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

décisifs13 variantsendommager13 variantsendémique13 variantsexigeants13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list