coumarou
\ku.ma.ʁu\
The verdict
“coumarou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Un des noms vernaculaires de Dipteryx odorata et de Dipteryx alata et de quelques autres arbres du genre Dipteryx de la famille des Fabaceae (Fabacées), qui produisent la fève tonka.
Corpus desk
Index FR-coumarou · coumarou · French
coumarou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | coumarou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ma.ʁu\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « coumarou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
coumarou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ma.ʁu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
coumarou doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coumarou, spelled C-O-U-M-A-R-O-U.
Definition
- 1Un des noms vernaculaires de Dipteryx odorata et de Dipteryx alata et de quelques autres arbres du genre Dipteryx de la famille des Fabaceae (Fabacées), qui produisent la fève tonka.
- 2Un des noms vernaculaires de Dipteryx odorata et de Dipteryx alata et de quelques autres arbres du genre Dipteryx de la famille des Fabaceae (Fabacées), qui produisent la fève tonka.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coumarou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Coumatïne : substance odorante extraite du fruit du coumarou, arbre de la Guyane.
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.