courroie de transmission
\ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“courroie de transmission” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 24
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Courroie qui transmet du mouvement et de la puissance entre arbres d’une machine.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courroie de transmission |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 24 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courroie de transmission” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for courroie de transmission is 24 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ku.ʁwa də tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for courroie de transmission in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is courroie de transmission, spelled C-O-U-R-R-O-I-E- -D-E- -T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Courroie qui transmet du mouvement et de la puissance entre arbres d’une machine.
- 2Personne, groupe ou institution facilitant la communication entre différentes parties prenantes, ou servant de porte-parole d’une des parties.
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.
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Using “courroie de transmission”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-R-O-I-E- -D-E- -T-R-A-N-S-M-I-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.