culot

\ky.lo\

/\ky.lo\/ noun

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The verdict

“culot” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,901
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ce qui est au bas, ce qui reste au fond d’une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-culot · culot · French

culot · rank #14,901 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,901
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH créances

Nearest frequency peer: créances (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “culot”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “culot” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

culot vs cut
60% similar
culot vs culs
60% similar
culot vs culte
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for culot
PropertyValue
Headwordculot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ky.lo\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,901
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “culot” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).culotse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « créances » (#14,900), « curry » (#14,902), « cruellement » (#14,899). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around culot (IPA \ky.lo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,901 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 18 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for culot, with forms such as "cculot", "cluot", and "cullot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "culs", "culte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is culot, spelled C-U-L-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ce qui est au bas, ce qui reste au fond d’une chose.
  2. 2
    La matière ayant sédimenté lors d’une centrifugation.
  3. 3
    Partie métallique qui reste au fond d’un creuset après la fusion et qui s’est séparée des scories.
  4. 4
    Résidu épais et noirâtre qui se forme et s’amasse dans le foyer d’une pipe, lorsqu’elle sert longtemps.
  5. 5
    Petit plateau cylindrique de terre cuite, sur lequel on pose le creuset dans le fourneau pour le garantir de l’action trop vive du feu.
  6. 6
    Le dernier-né d’une couvée, d’une portée.
  7. 7
    Élément d’architecture d’un objet cylindrique (bouteille, balle d’arme à feu).
  8. 8
    Partie inférieure d’une lampe d’église.
  9. 9
    Base d’une ampoule électrique servant à la liaison avec la douille.
  10. 10
    Partie la plus basse d'un bénitier portatif.
  11. 11
    Audace. → voir avoir du culot.
  12. 12
    Effronterie.
  13. 13
    Le plus petit en taille de la promotion.
  14. 14
    Support sur lequel les miroitiers posaient le récipient contenant le mercure.
  15. 15
    Partie inférieure de la douille d'une cartouche.
  16. 16
    Sur une colonne corinthienne, ornement d'où partent les rinceaux du feuillage.
  17. 17
    Entonnoir servant à la fabrication des bougies d'éclairage.
  18. 18
    Nom donné à de la lave solidifiée qui obstrue un cratère de volcan.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Sire, dit-il enfin, atténuant sa voix de culot de pipe, je suis vraiment confus et chagrin de voir ici Votre Majesté.
  2. Il débourra sa pipe pour s’occuper, il écrasa le culot sous sa semelle en réfléchissant avec lenteur.

This word in other languages

seasoning(English)residuo(Español)Frechheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cculot
  • cluot
  • cullot
  • culott
  • culto
  • cuolt
  • uclot

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cculot1cluot2cullot1culott1culto2cuolt2uclot2
Edit distance from "culot"

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 "culot"?
"culot" is spelled C-U-L-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ky.lo\.
What does "culot" mean?
As a noun, "culot" means: Ce qui est au bas, ce qui reste au fond d’une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "culot"?
"culot" is commonly confused with "cut", "culs", "culte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "culot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "culot" is \ky.lo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "culot" come from?
"culot" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

curry#14,902capte#14,876bruns#14,871brume#14,870

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

boyer7 variantsbites7 variantsfraise7 variantsAnton7 variants

What to do next

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  • "culot" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "cut". View pair
  • 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #14,901 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list