courroie

/\ku.ʁwa\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,901

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

courroie is aFrenchnoun. It means: Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe, coupée en long, étroite, qui sert à lier, à attacher quelque chose. Pronounced \ku.ʁwa\. Often confused with courtois and courroux.

Key facts for courroie
PropertyValue
Headwordcourroie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ku.ʁwa\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,901
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for courroie is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁwa\. Corpus data places it at rank #28,901 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for courroie, with forms such as "ccourroie", "coruroie", and "couroie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "courtois", "courroux", "courtoise", 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 courroie, spelled C-O-U-R-R-O-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe, coupée en long, étroite, qui sert à lier, à attacher quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Courroie de transmission, courroie d’entraînement : pour la transmission de mouvement et de puissance
  3. 3
    Bande souple pour le transport des matières.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccourroie,coruroie,couroie,courorie,courrioe,courroei,cuorroie,ocurroie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for courroie

Misspelling Variants of "courroie"

ccourroie9coruroie8couroie7courorie8courrioe8courroei8cuorroie8ocurroie8
Misspelling Variants of "courroie"

Frequency rank: #28,901 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "courroie"?
"courroie" is spelled C-O-U-R-R-O-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁwa\.
What does "courroie" mean?
As a noun, "courroie" means: Pièce de cuir ou d’étoffe, coupée en long, étroite, qui sert à lier, à attacher quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "courroie"?
"courroie" is commonly confused with "courtois", "courroux", "courtoise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courroie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courroie" is \ku.ʁwa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courroie" come from?
"courroie" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.