courageux

\ku.ʁa.ʒø\

/\ku.ʁa.ʒø\/ adj

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The verdict

“courageux” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,804. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,804
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui fait preuve de courage face au danger ou à l’adversité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courageux · courageux · French

courageux · rank #6,804 · 12 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,804
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contes

Nearest frequency peer: contes (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « courageux »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « courageux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

courageux vs courage
78% similar
courageux vs courageuse
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for courageux
PropertyValue
Headwordcourageux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ku.ʁa.ʒø\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,804
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courageux »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).courageuxse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contes » (#6,803), « crever » (#6,805), « contemporains » (#6,802). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courageux » est au #6,804. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around courageux (IPA \ku.ʁa.ʒø\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,804 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for courageux, with forms such as "ccourageux", "coruageux", and "couargeux". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "courage", "courageuse", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is courageux, spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui fait preuve de courage face au danger ou à l’adversité.
  2. 2
    Qui démontre le courage d’une personne.
  3. 3
    Qui montre de l’ardeur au travail. Dans sa forme négative, qui est peu enthousiaste face à une tâche, qui fait preuve de peu de volonté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pendant cinq siècles, sous la direction de ses capitouls et de ses consuls, Montauban fut une courageuse petite démocratie autonome.
  2. Donner un rein est vraiment un acte courageux.

Synonyms

bravehardipreuxvaillantvaleureux

Antonyms

cagnardcaponcouardcraintifdouilletfaiblefroussardfuyardlâchepeureuxpleutrepoltronpusillanimetimidetimorétremblant

This word in other languages

brave(English)osado(Español)beherzt(Deutsch)afoito(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourageux
  • coruageux
  • couargeux
  • couraegux
  • courageuxx
  • couragexu
  • couraggeux
  • couraguex
  • courgaeux
  • courrageux
  • cuorageux
  • ocurageux

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courageux - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccourageux1coruageux2couargeux2couraegux2courageuxx1couragexu2couraggeux1couraguex2
Edit distance from "courageux"

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 "courageux"?
"courageux" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-G-E-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁa.ʒø\.
What does "courageux" mean?
As an adjective, "courageux" means: Qui fait preuve de courage face au danger ou à l’adversité.
What words are commonly confused with "courageux"?
"courageux" is commonly confused with "courage", "courageuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courageux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courageux" is \ku.ʁa.ʒø\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courageux" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

créateurs#6,806consommer#6,800disparaît#6,810commettre#6,797

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

gratuits12 variantssouhaiter12 variantssections12 variantsréplique12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list