au courant
\o ku.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“au courant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Totalement informé ; parfaitement au fait d’une chose, en ayant une connaissance exacte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-au-courant · au courant · French
au courant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | au courant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \o ku.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « au courant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
au courant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \o ku.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Totalement informé ; parfaitement au fait d’une chose, en ayant une connaissance exacte.".
au courant has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is au courant, spelled A-U- -C-O-U-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Totalement informé ; parfaitement au fait d’une chose, en ayant une connaissance exacte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how au courant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le Carcan rentrait des champs ; il fut mis au courant de l’affaire et bientôt mêla son organe tonitruant aux glapissements de sa conjointe.
[…], mais comme j'écris ici un traité il est nécessaire que je mette le lecteur au courant des principes de la science phytosociologique.
This word in other languages
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.