cours du soir

\kuʁ dy swaʁ\

/\kuʁ dy swaʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“cours du soir” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Formation suivie en plus d’une autre activité, qui a lieu généralement le soir, et qui est souvent destinée aux adultes.

Key facts for cours du soir
PropertyValue
Headwordcours du soir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kuʁ dy swaʁ\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cours du soir” sits in French frequency

cours du soir falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cours du soir is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ dy swaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formation suivie en plus d’une autre activité, qui a lieu généralement le soir, et qui est souvent destinée aux adultes.".

Zero misspellings are on record for cours du soir in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cours du soir, spelled C-O-U-R-S- -D-U- -S-O-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Formation suivie en plus d’une autre activité, qui a lieu généralement le soir, et qui est souvent destinée aux adultes.

This word in other languages

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cours du soir"?
"cours du soir" is spelled C-O-U-R-S- -D-U- -S-O-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ dy swaʁ\.
What does "cours du soir" mean?
As a noun, "cours du soir" means: Formation suivie en plus d’une autre activité, qui a lieu généralement le soir, et qui est souvent destinée aux adultes.
How do you pronounce "cours du soir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cours du soir" is \kuʁ dy swaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cours du soir" come from?
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Using “cours du soir”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-S- -D-U- -S-O-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kuʁ dy swaʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list