# courier

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʊ.ɹi.ə/ · frequency rank #11,526

## Definitions
1. A person who delivers messages.
2. A company that delivers messages.
3. A company that transports goods.
4. A user who earns access to a topsite by uploading warez.
5. A person who looks after and guides tourists.

## Etymology
From a convergence of Middle English corour, currour, from Old French coreor, agent noun of corir (“to run”), and Middle English courier, a borrowing of Middle French courrier, from Italian corriere.

## Easily confused with
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-curie)
- **course** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-course)
- **courses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-courses)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-courted)
- **courtier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-courtier)
- **courtiers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-courtiers)
- **corner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corner-vs-courier)
- **corrie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corrie-vs-courier)
- **copier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/copier-vs-courier)
- **corker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corker-vs-courier)
- **carrier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carrier-vs-courier)
- **collier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collier-vs-courier)
- **coulter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-courier)
- **coupler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupler-vs-courier)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccourier`, `coruier`, `couirer`, `coureir`, `courierr`, `courire`, `courrier`, `cuorier`, `ocurier`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/courier