amour courtois
\a.muʁ kuʁ.twa\
The verdict
“amour courtois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Au Moyen-Age, code de morale et de bienséance de l’amour entre femmes et hommes de la noblesse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-amour-courtois · amour courtois · French
amour courtois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amour courtois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \a.muʁ kuʁ.twa\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « amour courtois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
amour courtois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \a.muʁ kuʁ.twa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Au Moyen-Age, code de morale et de bienséance de l’amour entre femmes et hommes de la noblesse.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for amour courtois, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is amour courtois, spelled A-M-O-U-R- -C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Au Moyen-Age, code de morale et de bienséance de l’amour entre femmes et hommes de la noblesse.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.