course d’orientation
\kuʁs d‿ɔʁ.jɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“course d’orientation” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Activité sportive de navigation avec carte et boussole qui se déroule en général dans la forêt ou plus rarement en ville.
Corpus desk
Index FR-course-d-orientation · course d’orientation · French
course d’orientation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | course d’orientation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁs d‿ɔʁ.jɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « course d’orientation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
course d’orientation is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁs d‿ɔʁ.jɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Activité sportive de navigation avec carte et boussole qui se déroule en général dans la forêt ou plus rarement en ville.".
Zero misspellings are on record for course d’orientation in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is course d’orientation, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-’-O-R-I-E-N-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Activité sportive de navigation avec carte et boussole qui se déroule en général dans la forêt ou plus rarement en ville.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how course d’orientation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Paul Chiozzotto est le cocréateur des événements Zomb’in the Dark, une « course d’orientation en territoire zombie ».
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.