coureur de fesses

\ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\

/\ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\/ noun

The verdict

“coureur de fesses” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui aime à séduire les femmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-coureur-de-fesses · coureur de fesses · French

coureur de fesses · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 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.

Key facts for coureur de fesses
PropertyValue
Headwordcoureur de fesses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « coureur de fesses » en français

coureur de fessessiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

coureur de fesses is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui aime à séduire les femmes.".

No misspelling variants are generated for coureur de fesses in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is coureur de fesses, spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R- -D-E- -F-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui aime à séduire les femmes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cela dit, on ne devient pas, comme ça, coureur de fesses, parce qu’on veut prendre une revanche, parce qu’on l’a décidé. En réalité, j’ai toujours été préoccupé, tourmenté par les choses du sexe, par l’amour, par l’acte d’amour.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "coureur de fesses"?
"coureur de fesses" is spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R- -D-E- -F-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\.
What does "coureur de fesses" mean?
As a noun, "coureur de fesses" means: Personne qui aime à séduire les femmes.
How do you pronounce "coureur de fesses"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "coureur de fesses" is \ku.ʁœʁ də fɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list