courroucer
\ku.ʁu.se\
The verdict
“courroucer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en courroux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-courroucer · courroucer · French
courroucer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courroucer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ku.ʁu.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « courroucer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
courroucer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ku.ʁu.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
courroucer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists 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 courroucer, spelled C-O-U-R-R-O-U-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mettre en courroux.
- 2Agiter.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how courroucer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’exorbitante récompense réclamée provoqua le sourire des courtisans et courrouça le cœur ombrageux du roi, dont elle révoltait l’orgueil et l’avarice.
Il [un raya] s’était mis à genoux dès la porte d’entrée de la pièce, et il s’avançait ainsi, toujours marchant sur les genoux, vers le pacha qui le regardait d’un air dédaigneux et courroucé.
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.