courge

\kuʁʒ\

/\kuʁʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“courge” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,546. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,546
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae).

Corpus desk

Index FR-courge · courge · French

courge · rank #30,546 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,546
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH couplée

Nearest frequency peer: couplée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « courge »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « courge » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

courge vs cure
67% similar
courge vs cours
67% similar
courge vs court
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for courge
PropertyValue
Headwordcourge
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kuʁʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,546
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courge »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).courgese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « couplée » (#30,545), « cosmiques » (#30,544), « craignais » (#30,548). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courge » est au #30,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around courge (IPA \kuʁʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,546 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for courge, with forms such as "ccourge", "coruge", and "cougre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cure", "cours", "court", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is courge, spelled C-O-U-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae).
  2. 2
    Fruit comestible de ces plantes.
  3. 3
    Tête.
  4. 4
    Imbécile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’après-midi ces dames et demoiselles parées de leurs plus beaux atours se pavanaient en grappes serrées tout le long de la rue centrale (seule rue large) en jacassant et grignotant des pépins de courges et pastèques grillées et salées.
  2. Monsieur, si je comprends bien la culture des trois soeurs, c'est la culture des haricots, des courges et du maïs? demande PVP qui n'a malheureusement pas l'air de blaguer.

Synonyms

cougourde

This word in other languages

squash(English)calabaza(Español)Flaschenkürbis(Deutsch)abóbora(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourge
  • coruge
  • cougre
  • coureg
  • courgge
  • courrge
  • cuorge
  • ocurge

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courge - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccourge1coruge2cougre2coureg2courgge1courrge1cuorge2ocurge2
Edit distance from "courge"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "courge"?
"courge" is spelled C-O-U-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁʒ\.
What does "courge" mean?
As a noun, "courge" means: Genre de plantes de la famille des Cucurbitacées (Cucurbitaceae).
What words are commonly confused with "courge"?
"courge" is commonly confused with "cure", "cours", "court". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courge" is \kuʁʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courge" come from?
"courge" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "courge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conter#30,538decide#30,555Decker#30,556dinars#30,563

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

caucus8 variantsdéçois8 variantscabale8 variantsBrock8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list