cours particulier
\kuʁ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\
The verdict
“cours particulier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leçon donnée à une personne ou un petit groupe de personnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cours-particulier · cours particulier · French
cours particulier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | cours particulier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « cours particulier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
cours particulier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ paʁ.ti.ky.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cours particulier, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is cours particulier, spelled C-O-U-R-S- -P-A-R-T-I-C-U-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Leçon donnée à une personne ou un petit groupe de personnes.
- 2Enseignement supplémentaire spécial d’une matière.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cours particulier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je dois donner un cours particulier. Les yeux verts de Robbie se firent inquisiteurs. — Un cours particulier ? A qui ? Mon cœur se mit à battre un peu plus fort, et je me retins de sourire bêtement.
Cet ouvrage est un « cours particulier », ce qui signifie qu’il ne s'adresse pas à tous, mais à chacun, et qu’il n’est pas systématique, encore moins exhaustif.
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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.