avant-coureur
\a.vɑ̃.ku.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“avant-coureur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui annonce ou présage quelque chose qui doit lui succéder, ou arriver prochainement.
Corpus desk
Index FR-avant-coureur · avant-coureur · French
avant-coureur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | avant-coureur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \a.vɑ̃.ku.ʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
avant-coureur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \a.vɑ̃.ku.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui annonce ou présage quelque chose qui doit lui succéder, ou arriver prochainement.".
Zero misspellings are on record for avant-coureur in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is avant-coureur, spelled A-V-A-N-T---C-O-U-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui annonce ou présage quelque chose qui doit lui succéder, ou arriver prochainement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how avant-coureur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un grand silence enveloppait les campagnes, le silence d’automne, avant-coureur du sommeil hivernal.
Voici les signes avant-coureurs de la mort : dans les accès de folie, la phase du rire, fatale ; dans la démence, le geste répétitif d’effranger et de froisser les draps du lit, […].
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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.