courant continu
\ku.ʁɑ̃ kɔ̃.ti.ny\
The verdict
“courant continu” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courant électrique de sens invariable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courant continu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁɑ̃ kɔ̃.ti.ny\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courant continu” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
courant continu is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁɑ̃ kɔ̃.ti.ny\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Courant électrique de sens invariable.".
No misspelling variants are generated for courant continu in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is courant continu, spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T- -C-O-N-T-I-N-U.
Definition
- 1Courant électrique de sens invariable.
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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.
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Using “courant continu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-A-N-T- -C-O-N-T-I-N-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.