Courage

/[kuˈʁaːʒə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,671

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Courage is aGermannoun. It means: Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt Pronounced [kuˈʁaːʒə]. Often confused with course and Collage.

Key facts for Courage
PropertyValue
HeadwordCourage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kuˈʁaːʒə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,671
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Courage in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Courage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Courage, with forms such as "ccourage", "coruage", and "couarge". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "course", "Collage", "cottage", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Courage, spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccourage,coruage,couarge,couraeg,couragge,courgae,courrage,cuorage,ocurage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Courage

Misspelling Variants of "Courage"

ccourage8coruage7couarge7couraeg7couragge8courgae7courrage8cuorage7
Misspelling Variants of "Courage"

Frequency rank: #22,671 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Courage"?
"Courage" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kuˈʁaːʒə].
What does "Courage" mean?
As a noun, "Courage" means: Gefühl, bei dem trotz gefährlicher Situation keine Angst auftritt
What words are commonly confused with "Courage"?
"Courage" is commonly confused with "course", "Collage", "cottage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Courage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Courage" is [kuˈʁaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Courage" come from?
"Courage" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.