culées
\ky.le\
The verdict
“culées” is uncommon French (frequency #80,098 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,098
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de culée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culées |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ky.le\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “culées” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
culées is uncommon French at frequency #80,098 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ky.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de culée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for culées, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is culées, spelled C-U-L-É-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de culée.
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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Using “culées”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-U-L-É-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ky.le\ (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.