courriers

\ku.ʁje\

/\ku.ʁje\/ noun

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The verdict

“courriers” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,557
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de courrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courriers · courriers · French

courriers · rank #13,557 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,557
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cornes

Nearest frequency peer: cornes (-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 « courriers »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « courriers » 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).

courriers vs courtier
78% similar
courriers vs coursier
78% similar
courriers vs courtiers
89% similar

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

Key facts for courriers
PropertyValue
Headwordcourriers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʁje\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,557
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courriers »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).courriersse 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 « cornes » (#13,556), « croquis » (#13,558), « corner » (#13,555). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courriers » est au #13,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around courriers (IPA \ku.ʁje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de courrier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for courriers, with forms such as "ccourriers", "coruriers", and "couriers". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "courtier", "coursier", "courtiers", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is courriers, spelled C-O-U-R-R-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de courrier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourriers
  • coruriers
  • couriers
  • courirers
  • courreirs
  • courrierrs
  • courrierss
  • courriesr
  • courrires
  • cuorriers
  • ocurriers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courriers - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccourriers1coruriers2couriers1courirers2courreirs2courrierrs1courrierss1courriesr2
Edit distance from "courriers"

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 "courriers"?
"courriers" is spelled C-O-U-R-R-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁje\.
What does "courriers" mean?
As a noun, "courriers" means: Pluriel de courrier.
What words are commonly confused with "courriers"?
"courriers" is commonly confused with "courtier", "coursier", "courtiers". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courriers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courriers" is \ku.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courriers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Créteil11 variantsdésirer11 variantsempathie11 variantsbraquage11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list