# Courtois

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #36,937

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.
2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri, United States.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Courtois.

## Easily confused with
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtois-vs-courts)
- **Curtis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtois-vs-curtis)
- **courteous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courteous-vs-courtois)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccourtois`, `corutois`, `courotis`, `courrtois`, `courtios`, `courtoiss`, `courtosi`, `courttois`, `coutrois`, `cuortois`, `ocurtois`

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