courgette
/kʊɚˈʒɛt/
"courgette" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“courgette” is an uncommon English word, ranked #75,767 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #75,767
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courgette |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kʊɚˈʒɛt/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courgette” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for courgette is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kʊɚˈʒɛt/. Corpus data places it at rank #75,767 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for courgette, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita. The correct English form is courgette, spelled C-O-U-R-G-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
- 2The edible fruit of this marrow/squash.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.
Synonyms
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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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “courgette”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is C-O-U-R-G-E-T-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kʊɚˈʒɛt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.