course de chevaux

\kuʁs də ʃə.vo\

/\kuʁs də ʃə.vo\/ noun

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The verdict

“course de chevaux” 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 May 6, 2026) - Course de vitesse opposant des chevaux de course, en principe montés ou guidés par des jockeys.

Key facts for course de chevaux
PropertyValue
Headwordcourse de chevaux
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kuʁs də ʃə.vo\
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “course de chevaux” sits in French frequency

course de chevaux 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

course de chevaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁs də ʃə.vo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Course de vitesse opposant des chevaux de course, en principe montés ou guidés par des jockeys.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for course de chevaux in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is course de chevaux, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-A-U-X.

Definition

  1. 1
    Course de vitesse opposant des chevaux de course, en principe montés ou guidés par des jockeys.

Synonyms

course hippiquecourse à cheval

This word in other languages

horse race(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "course de chevaux"?
"course de chevaux" is spelled C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁs də ʃə.vo\.
What does "course de chevaux" mean?
As a noun, "course de chevaux" means: Course de vitesse opposant des chevaux de course, en principe montés ou guidés par des jockeys.
How do you pronounce "course de chevaux"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "course de chevaux" is \kuʁs də ʃə.vo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "course de chevaux" come from?
"course de chevaux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “course de chevaux”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-E- -C-H-E-V-A-U-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kuʁs də ʃə.vo\ (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