Coulommiers
\ku.lɔ.mje\
The verdict
“Coulommiers” is uncommon French (frequency #54,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,504
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coulommiers · Coulommiers · French
Coulommiers · rank #54,504 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,504
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH couch
Nearest frequency peer: couch (-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 « Coulommiers »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- corporatiste
corporatiste
45,500 corpus weight
- cosmonautes
cosmonautes
45,499 corpus weight
- couch
couch
45,498 corpus weight
- Coulommiers
Coulommiers
45,497 corpus weight
- couturières
couturières
45,496 corpus weight
- Cranston
Cranston
45,495 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Coulommiers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Coulommiers |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ku.lɔ.mje\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #54,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Coulommiers » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Coulommiers is uncommon French at frequency #54,504 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ku.lɔ.mje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Coulommiers has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Coulommiers, spelled C-O-U-L-O-M-M-I-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Coulommiers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet homme avait suborné, disait-on, aux environs de Coulommiers, une fille riche, et forcé les parents à la lui donner.
Les événements confirmèrent mon optimisme ; à la suite d’une crise cardiaque, mon père fut évacué sur l’hôpital de Coulommiers, puis affecté au ministère de la Guerre.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).