courantes

/\ku.ʁɑ̃t\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,201

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

courantes is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de courant. Pronounced \ku.ʁɑ̃t\. Often confused with courtes and courants.

Key facts for courantes
PropertyValue
Headwordcourantes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\ku.ʁɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,201
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of courantes in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for courantes is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁɑ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,201 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de courant.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for courantes, with forms such as "ccourantes", "coruantes", and "couarntes". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "courtes", "courants", "couronnés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is courantes, spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de courant.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccourantes,coruantes,couarntes,couranets,couranntes,courantess,courantse,couranttes,couratnes,cournates,courrantes,cuorantes,ocurantes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for courantes

Misspelling Variants of "courantes"

ccourantes10coruantes9couarntes9couranets9couranntes10courantess10courantse9couranttes10
Misspelling Variants of "courantes"

Frequency rank: #11,201 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "courantes"?
"courantes" is spelled C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁɑ̃t\.
What does "courantes" mean?
As an adj, "courantes" means: Féminin pluriel de courant.
What words are commonly confused with "courantes"?
"courantes" is commonly confused with "courtes", "courants", "couronnés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courantes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courantes" is \ku.ʁɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courantes" come from?
"courantes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.