courir sur le haricot

\ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\

/\ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\/ verb

The verdict

“courir sur le haricot” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
21
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ennuyer, embêter, énerver.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courir-sur-le-haricot · courir sur le haricot · French

courir sur le haricot · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 21 letters
  • VOW-8 8 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 courir sur le haricot
PropertyValue
Headwordcourir sur le haricot
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\
Letters21
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « courir sur le haricot » en français

courir sur le haricotsiège 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

courir sur le haricot is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ennuyer, embêter, énerver.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for courir sur le haricot, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is courir sur le haricot, spelled C-O-U-R-I-R- -S-U-R- -L-E- -H-A-R-I-C-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ennuyer, embêter, énerver.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais j’ai pas à retirer mon chapeau devant de supposées fripouilles si ça me plaît pas, et vous pouvez remiser votre baratin, parce que vous commencez à me courir sur le haricot. Vu ?
  2. Ça commençait à lui courir sérieusement sur le haricot.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "courir sur le haricot"?
"courir sur le haricot" is spelled C-O-U-R-I-R- -S-U-R- -L-E- -H-A-R-I-C-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\.
What does "courir sur le haricot" mean?
As a verb, "courir sur le haricot" means: Ennuyer, embêter, énerver.
How do you pronounce "courir sur le haricot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courir sur le haricot" is \ku.ʁiʁ syʁ lə a.ʁi.ko\. 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