courant

\ku.ʁɑ̃\

/\ku.ʁɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“courant” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#869
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui court.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courant · courant · French

courant · rank #869 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #869
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contraire

Nearest frequency peer: contraire (-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 « courant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « courant » 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).

courant vs court
71% similar
courant vs courut
71% similar
courant vs couvent
71% similar

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

Key facts for courant
PropertyValue
Headwordcourant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ku.ʁɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#869
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).courantse 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 « contraire » (#868), « derniers » (#870), « continue » (#867). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courant » est au #869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around courant (IPA \ku.ʁɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #869 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for courant, with forms such as "ccourant", "coruant", and "couarnt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "court", "courut", "couvent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is courant, spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui court.
  2. 2
    Qui n’est pas encore dû.
  3. 3
    Qui est présent, actuel, en parlant d’années, de mois, etc.
  4. 4
    Qui est commun, ordinaire.
  5. 5
    Qui a cours.
  6. 6
    D’usage quotidien.
  7. 7
    Qualifie ce qui est mis en haut des pages d’un livre, d’un chapitre, pour indiquer le sujet dont il traite.
  8. 8
    Se dit d’un animal représenté les pattes étendues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […], un assignat de 500L, 16L 10 sols en petits assignats, un billet à ordre courant par Tavarez aîné de 645L du 21 brumaire an 2, 2 billets consentis par J.B. Lehimas, […].
  2. Un créancier ne peut voter à l’égard d’une réclamation motivée ou garantie par une lettre de change courante ou un billet à ordre qu’il détient, à moins qu’il ne consente à considérer, comme titre de garantie en sa possession, ce qui lui en est dû par toute personne qui en est responsable antérieurement […].

Synonyms

banalhabituel

This word in other languages

running(English)fluido(Español)laufend(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourant
  • coruant
  • couarnt
  • courannt
  • courantt
  • couratn
  • cournat
  • courrant
  • cuorant
  • ocurant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccourant1coruant2couarnt2courannt1courantt1couratn2cournat2courrant1
Edit distance from "courant"

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 "courant"?
"courant" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁɑ̃\.
What does "courant" mean?
As an adjective, "courant" means: Qui court.
What words are commonly confused with "courant"?
"courant" is commonly confused with "court", "courut", "couvent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courant" is \ku.ʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courant" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

combien#866énergie#861heureux#877pouvait#884

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

sérieux10 variantsVersion10 variantsobtenir10 variantsmatière10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list