coureur de ruelles
\ku.ʁœʁ də ʁy.ɛl\
The verdict
“coureur de ruelles” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gigolo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coureur de ruelles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁœʁ də ʁy.ɛl\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “coureur de ruelles” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for coureur de ruelles is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁœʁ də ʁy.ɛl\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Gigolo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for coureur de ruelles in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is coureur de ruelles, spelled C-O-U-R-E-U-R- -D-E- -R-U-E-L-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Gigolo.
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 “coureur de ruelles”
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- -D-E- -R-U-E-L-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ku.ʁœʁ də ʁy.ɛl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.