course de taureaux
\kuʁs də tɔ.ʁo\
The verdict
“course de taureaux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Spectacle de tauromachie ; course de taureaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-course-de-taureaux · course de taureaux · French
course de taureaux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 de taureaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁs də tɔ.ʁo\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « course de taureaux » en français
Rare enough to double-check
course de taureaux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁs də tɔ.ʁo\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Spectacle de tauromachie ; course de taureaux.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for course de taureaux in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is course de taureaux, spelled C-O-U-R-S-E- -D-E- -T-A-U-R-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Spectacle de tauromachie ; course de taureaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how course de taureaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’on a dit et répété de toutes parts que le goût des courses de taureaux se perdait en Espagne, et que la civilisation les ferait bientôt disparaître ; si la civilisation fait cela, ce sera tant pis pour elle, car une course de taureaux est un des plus beaux spectacles que l’homme puisse imaginer ; mais ce jour-là n’est pas encore arrivé, et les écrivains…
98 pour 100 des Provençaux n’ont jamais vu de courses de taureaux, ne se déplaceraient pas d’un centimètre pour en voir une et sont plus étrangers de cœur et d’âme à la chose qu’un Grœnlandais.
Synonyms
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.