course
[kɔːs]
The verdict
“course” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,880 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,880
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Richtung einer Fortbewegung
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 | course |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “course” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for course is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔːs]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,880 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for course, with forms such as "ccourse", "coruse", and "coures". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "court", "curie", "curve", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 course, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1die Richtung einer Fortbewegung
- 2die Art und Weise einer Reaktion auf eine Situation
- 3die Gesamtheit der während einer Fortbewegung angestrebten oder erreichten Orte
- 4die Gesamtheit der während einer Entwicklung erreichten Zustände
- 5eine Reihe verschiedener Veranstaltungen im gleichen Fach
- 6der Teil eines Geländes oder Gewässers zu seiner Ausübung
- 7die einzelne Speise in einer Abfolge eines Mahls
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccourse,coruse,coures,courrse,coursse,cousre,cuorse,ocurse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of course - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “course”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is C-O-U-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔːs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “court” - see the side-by-side comparison. course vs court
- 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.