# courtier

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɔɹtiɚ/ · frequency rank #44,714

## Definitions
1. A person in attendance at a royal court.
2. A person who flatters in order to seek favour.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genus Sephisa.

## Etymology
From Middle English courteour, from Anglo-Norman corteour, Old French cortoiier, from cort (“court”).

## Easily confused with
- **Courtney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtier-vs-courtney)
- **courtiers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtier-vs-courtiers)
- **courier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courier-vs-courtier)
- **coulter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coulter-vs-courtier)
- **Cartier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cartier-vs-courtier)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courted-vs-courtier)
- **counties** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/counties-vs-courtier)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccourtier`, `corutier`, `couriter`, `courrtier`, `courteir`, `courtierr`, `courtire`, `courttier`, `coutrier`, `cuortier`, `ocurtier`

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