coureur
\ku.ʁœʁ\
The verdict
“coureur” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #9,809 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,809
- frequency rank, French
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Celui qui se livre à l’exercice de la course.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coureur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁœʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coureur” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coureur is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,809 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for coureur, with forms such as "ccoureur", "corueur", and "couerur". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "couru", "courir", "coûter", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is coureur, spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui se livre à l’exercice de la course.
- 2Celui qui dispute le prix dans une course à pied, à bicyclette ou à cheval.
- 3Cheval de selle, que sa taille et sa légèreté rendent propre à la course.
- 4Celui qui va et vient, qui est souvent par la ville ou en voyage.
- 5Celui qui court le guilledou.
- 6Éclaireur.
- 7Rampant ; qui émet des tiges rampant à la surface du sol.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccoureur,corueur,couerur,coureru,coureurr,courreur,couruer,cuoreur,ocureur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of coureur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “coureur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.ʁœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “couru” - see the side-by-side comparison. coureur vs couru
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.