course de fond
\kuʁs də fɔ̃\
The verdict
“course de fond” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Épreuve de course à pied dont la distance est supérieure à 3,000 mètres.
Corpus desk
Index FR-course-de-fond · course de fond · French
course de fond · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | course de fond |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁs də fɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
course de fond is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁs də fɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Épreuve de course à pied dont la distance est supérieure à 3,000 mètres.".
No misspelling variants are generated for course de fond in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is course de fond, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-E- -F-O-N-D.
Definition
- 1Épreuve de course à pied dont la distance est supérieure à 3,000 mètres.
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.