courriel

/\ku.ʁjɛl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,634

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

courriel is aFrenchnoun. It means: Système de transmission de messages électroniques entre différents utilisateurs, en différé, et en utilisant le réseau internet. Pronounced \ku.ʁjɛl\. It ranks #9,634 in French word frequency. Often confused with courrier and courtier.

Key facts for courriel
PropertyValue
Headwordcourriel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʁjɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,634
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of courriel in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for courriel is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁjɛl\. Corpus data places it at rank #9,634 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for courriel, with forms such as "ccourriel", "coruriel", and "couriel". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "courrier", "courtier", "courroie", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is courriel, spelled C-O-U-R-R-I-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Système de transmission de messages électroniques entre différents utilisateurs, en différé, et en utilisant le réseau internet.
  2. 2
    Message transmis en utilisant ce système.
  3. 3
    Adresse courriel.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccourriel,coruriel,couriel,courirel,courreil,courriell,courrile,cuorriel,ocurriel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for courriel

Misspelling Variants of "courriel"

ccourriel9coruriel8couriel7courirel8courreil8courriell9courrile8cuorriel8
Misspelling Variants of "courriel"

Frequency rank: #9,634 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "courriel"?
"courriel" is spelled C-O-U-R-R-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁjɛl\.
What does "courriel" mean?
As a noun, "courriel" means: Système de transmission de messages électroniques entre différents utilisateurs, en différé, et en utilisant le réseau internet.
What words are commonly confused with "courriel"?
"courriel" is commonly confused with "courrier", "courtier", "courroie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courriel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courriel" is \ku.ʁjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courriel" come from?
"courriel" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.