couroir

\ku.ʁwaʁ\

/\ku.ʁwaʁ\/ noun

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Passage étroit entre des chambres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-couroir · couroir · French

couroir · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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 couroir
PropertyValue
Headwordcouroir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʁwaʁ\
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « couroir » en français

couroirsiège 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

couroir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ku.ʁwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Passage étroit entre des chambres.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for couroir, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 couroir, spelled C-O-U-R-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Passage étroit entre des chambres.

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 "couroir"?
"couroir" is spelled C-O-U-R-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁwaʁ\.
What does "couroir" mean?
As a noun, "couroir" means: Passage étroit entre des chambres.
How do you pronounce "couroir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "couroir" is \ku.ʁwaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "couroir" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list