couardise

\kwaʁ.diz\

/\kwaʁ.diz\/ noun

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The verdict

“couardise” is uncommon French (frequency #73,039 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,039
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de celui qui est couard.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couardise · couardise · French

couardise · rank #73,039 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,039
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH corpulent

Nearest frequency peer: corpulent (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « couardise »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « couardise » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for couardise
PropertyValue
Headwordcouardise
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kwaʁ.diz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,039
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couardise » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).couardisetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « corpulent » (#73,038), « coucha » (#73,040), « coronaires » (#73,037). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « couardise » est au #73,039. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

couardise is uncommon French at frequency #73,039 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kwaʁ.diz\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Caractère de celui qui est couard.".

couardise has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is couardise, spelled C-O-U-A-R-D-I-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Caractère de celui qui est couard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how couardise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Qu’il vienne avec sa cuirasse et sa cotte de mailles, et tout ce qui sert à donner du courage à la couardise !
  2. Hum ! Voilà bien l'éternelle couardise officielle, murmura Dickson.

Synonyms

lâchetépleutreriepoltronnerie

Antonyms

couragehardiessevaleur

This word in other languages

cowardice(English)cobardía(Español)covardia(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "couardise"?
"couardise" is spelled C-O-U-A-R-D-I-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kwaʁ.diz\.
What does "couardise" mean?
As a noun, "couardise" means: Caractère de celui qui est couard.
How do you pronounce "couardise"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couardise" is \kwaʁ.diz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couardise" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "couardise", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

corpulent#73,038courtines#73,042Cousineau#73,043consentez#73,031

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list