vent coulis
\vɑ̃ ku.li\
The verdict
“vent coulis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Air qui s’introduit par les ouvertures ; courant d’air.
Corpus desk
Index FR-vent-coulis · vent coulis · French
vent coulis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | vent coulis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \vɑ̃ ku.li\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « vent coulis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
vent coulis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \vɑ̃ ku.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Air qui s’introduit par les ouvertures ; courant d’air.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for vent coulis, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is vent coulis, spelled V-E-N-T- -C-O-U-L-I-S.
Definition
- 1Air qui s’introduit par les ouvertures ; courant d’air.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how vent coulis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma jambe était en effet glacée par un de ces vents coulis qui vous gèlent une moitié du corps tandis que l’autre éprouve la chaleur moite des salons, accident assez fréquent au bal.
Sous de solides apparences, je suis d’une complexion délicate : le moindre vent coulis réveille mon lumbago...
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.