cours

Name: cours, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kuːʀ]

/[kuːʀ]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“cours” is uncommon German (frequency #54,431 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,431
frequency rank, German: 1,273
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ablauf, Verlauf

Corpus desk

Index DE-cours · cours · German

cours · rank #54,431 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #54,431
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 1,273
PHOTO-FINISH Couscous

Nearest frequency peer: Couscous (+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.

confirmed

45,575
cours

45,570
Couscous

45,569
Cäcilia

45,568
Dao

45,567
Datensammlu…

45,566

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „cours“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Key facts for cours
Property	Value
Headword	cours
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kuːʀ]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#54,431
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „cours“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.coursfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#54,431

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Couscous“ (#54,432), „Cäcilia“ (#54,433), „Dao“ (#54,434). Unter 1,273 „C“-Lemmata liegt „cours“ bei #54,431. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cours is uncommon German at frequency #54,431 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuːʀ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

cours has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is cours, spelled C-O-U-R-S.

Definition

1
Ablauf, Verlauf
2
Kurs, Kursus, Lehrgang
3
Schulunterricht, Unterricht

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 "cours"?

"cours" is spelled C-O-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kuːʀ].

What does "cours" mean?

As a noun, "cours" means: Ablauf, Verlauf

How do you pronounce "cours"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cours" is [kuːʀ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "cours" come from?

"cours" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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