cortausse
\kɔʁ.tos\
The verdict
“cortausse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Punition violente, raclée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cortausse · cortausse · French
cortausse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | cortausse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔʁ.tos\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cortausse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cortausse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔʁ.tos\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Punition violente, raclée.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cortausse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cortausse, spelled C-O-R-T-A-U-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Punition violente, raclée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cortausse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le miché, il grognait très fort sous la cortausse, et on devinait que les gonzesses, énervées, chiquaient plus du tout, qu’elles devaient assurer leurs coups.
J’ai eu l’impression que c’était une greluche qui avait déjà dû recevoir quelques cortausses soignées et qui avait fini par en prendre son parti.
Synonyms
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.