Courage
[kuˈʁaːʒə]
The verdict
“Courage” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,671 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,671
- frequency rank, German
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Courage |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuˈʁaːʒə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,671 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Courage” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Courage is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kuˈʁaːʒə]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,671 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Courage, with forms such as "ccourage", "coruage", and "couarge". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "course", "Collage", "cottage", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Courage, spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccourage,coruage,couarge,couraeg,couragge,courgae,courrage,cuorage,ocurage
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Courage - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Courage"?
What does "Courage" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "Courage"?
How do you pronounce "Courage"?
What language does "Courage" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Using “Courage”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-U-R-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kuˈʁaːʒə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “course” - see the side-by-side comparison. Courage vs course
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.