courant faible
\ku.ʁɑ̃ fɛbl\
The verdict
“courant faible” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Applications de l’électricité ayant pour but la manipulation de l’information, par opposition au courant fort
Corpus desk
Index FR-courant-faible · courant faible · French
courant faible · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | courant faible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁɑ̃ fɛbl\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « courant faible » en français
Rare enough to double-check
courant faible is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁɑ̃ fɛbl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Applications de l’électricité ayant pour but la manipulation de l’information, par opposition au courant fort".
courant faible doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 courant faible, spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T- -F-A-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Applications de l’électricité ayant pour but la manipulation de l’information, par opposition au courant fort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how courant faible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par installations à courant faible, on entend des installations électriques où les intensités ne sont normalement pas dangereuses pour les personnes et les choses.
Le principe du multiplexage dans le logement ou le bureau est de séparer le circuit en courant faible (12 volts) des commandes par Bus, du circuit en courant fort (230 volts) des actions nécessitant la puissance.
Antonyms
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.