# course

> English word · Noun · IPA /kɔːs/ · frequency rank #343

## Definitions
1. A sequence of events.
2. A sequence of events.
3. A sequence of events.
4. A sequence of events.
5. A sequence of events.
6. A sequence of events.
7. A sequence of events.
8. A sequence of events.
9. A sequence of events.
10. A sequence of events.
11. A path that something or someone moves along.
12. A path that something or someone moves along.
13. A path that something or someone moves along.
14. A path that something or someone moves along.
15. A path that something or someone moves along.
16. A path that something or someone moves along.
17. A path that something or someone moves along.
18. A path that something or someone moves along.
19. A path that something or someone moves along.
20. The lowest square sail in a fully rigged mast, often named according to the mast.
21. Menses.
22. A row or file of objects.
23. A row or file of objects.
24. A row or file of objects.
25. One or more strings on some musical instruments (such as the guitar, lute or vihuela): if multiple, then closely spaced, tuned in unison or octaves and intended to be played together.

## Etymology
From Middle English cours, from Old French cours, from Latin cursus (“course of a race”), from currō (“run”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run”). Doublet of cursus and cour.

## Easily confused with
- **cure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-cure)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-court)
- **curve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-curve)
- **curse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-curse)
- **curie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-curie)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-courts)
- **cruise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-cruise)
- **cursed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-cursed)
- **curses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-curses)
- **courses** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-courses)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/course-vs-courted)
- **core** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/core-vs-course)
- **cour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cour-vs-course)
- **cause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cause-vs-course)
- **coupe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coupe-vs-course)
- **Coors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coors-vs-course)
- **coups** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coups-vs-course)
- **Corso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/corso-vs-course)
- **cours** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cours-vs-course)
- **couple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/couple-vs-course)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ccourse`, `coruse`, `coures`, `courrse`, `coursse`, `cousre`, `cuorse`, `ocurse`

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