coulière
\ku.ljɛʁ\
The verdict
“coulière” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fer aplati en verge carrée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-couliere · coulière · French
coulière · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coulière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ljɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coulière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coulière is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ljɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
coulière has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coulière, spelled C-O-U-L-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Fer aplati en verge carrée.
- 2Pièce d'un train de bois.
- 3Talweg, entaille en pente dans le front d'un glacier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how coulière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… à la fin j'attaque moi même le glacier sur ma gauche par une coulière.
Coulière, mot excellent, dont je m'empresse à votre suite, de me servir dans mes écrits, tandis que je ne fais jamais usage du mot thalweg, qui non seulement n'est pas français, mais ne me parait pas même d'être d'un allemand bien correct. Toutefois j'ai quelques scrupules à employer le mot dans toutes les occasions où celui de thalweg était appliqué.
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.