courant
cour·ant/ˈkʊ.ɹənt/noun, adjective
courant is spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (cour·ant). It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, courant means “A piece of music in triple time” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of courant is courants.
How many letters and syllables are in courant?
| Letters | 7: C-O-U-R-A-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: cour·ant |
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 49,949th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is courant?
Courant appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 49,949th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce courant?
- /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/
- US /ˈkʊ.ɹənt/
- /ˈkʉ.ɹənt/
Courant has 2 syllables, split cour·ant in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-courant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with courant
Sounds like: currant, current (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of courant
- courants plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does courant mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A piece of music in triple time.
- 2
A lively dance.
- 3
A courante.
- 4
A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
adjective
- 1
Represented as running.
a classical lion courant
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does courant come from?
Alternative form of courante.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).