courante
/kuːˈɹɑnt/noun
courante is spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E: 8 letters. It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, courante means “Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of courante is courantes.
How many letters and syllables are in courante?
| Letters | 8: C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is courante?
Courante appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th 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 courante?
- /kuːˈɹɑnt/
- /kʊɹˈɑnt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with courante?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as courante.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: outrance.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of courante
- courantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does courante mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
- 2
The second movement of a baroque suite (following the allemande, and before the sarabande)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does courante come from?
Borrowed from Middle French courante.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).