coulissant
\ku.li.sɑ̃\
The verdict
“coulissant” is uncommon French (frequency #74,683 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,683
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui coulisse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coulissant · coulissant · French
coulissant · rank #74,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,683
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH corrosive
Nearest frequency peer: corrosive (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « coulissant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- coordonnant
coordonnant
25,321 corpus weight
- corriges
corriges
25,320 corpus weight
- corrosive
corrosive
25,319 corpus weight
- coulissant
coulissant
25,318 corpus weight
- coussinet
coussinet
25,317 corpus weight
- cozy
cozy
25,315 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « coulissant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coulissant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ku.li.sɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #74,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coulissant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coulissant is uncommon French at frequency #74,683 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ku.li.sɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui coulisse.".
coulissant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coulissant, spelled C-O-U-L-I-S-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui coulisse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coulissant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je retrouve devant l'entrée de mon immeuble la petite agitation nocturne habituelle : bicraves et camés graves qui se fixent dans la tasse Decaux dont ils ont bricolé le mécanisme ouvrant la porte coulissante.
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.
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