court

\kuʁ\

/\kuʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“court” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #960. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#960
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-court · court · French

court · rank #960 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #960
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH ceci

Nearest frequency peer: ceci (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « court »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « court » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

court vs cut
60% similar
court vs coût
60% similar
court vs cure
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for court
PropertyValue
Headwordcourt
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kuʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#960
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « court »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).courtse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ceci » (#959), « dos » (#961), « endroit » (#962). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « court » est au #960. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around court (IPA \kuʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #960 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for court, with forms such as "ccourt", "corut", and "courrt". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "cut", "coût", "cure", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 court, spelled C-O-U-R-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre.
  2. 2
    Qui est en petite quantité, insuffisant.
  3. 3
    Borné (en parlant de l’esprit ou de l’intelligence).
  4. 4
    Plus court chemin.
  5. 5
    Prompt, facile, expéditif.
  6. 6
    Qui est de peu de durée.
  7. 7
    Concis, peu développé.
  8. 8
    Petit, courtaud.
  9. 9
    Se dit d’un adjectif comportant une seule syllabe, ou deux auquel cas il se termine obligatoirement par un -y.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how court appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. L’ouvrier se sert d’une lame courte et tranchante, engagée dans un manche d’os, avec laquelle il pratique, au bas de l’arbre, une entaille circulaire et assez profonde pour arriver jusqu’à l’aubier.
  2. Les îles Galapagos, mon escale prévue, n’étaient qu’à huit cent milles à vol d’oiseau, mais malgré la courte distance, c’était une longue traversée.

Synonyms

brefconcis

Antonyms

long

This word in other languages

short(English)corto(Español)kurz(Deutsch)breve(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourt
  • corut
  • courrt
  • courtt
  • coutr
  • cuort
  • ocurt

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of court - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccourt1corut2courrt1courtt1coutr2cuort2ocurt2
Edit distance from "court"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "court"?
"court" is spelled C-O-U-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ\.
What does "court" mean?
As an adjective, "court" means: De petite longueur ou qui n’a pas la longueur moyenne des objets du même genre.
What words are commonly confused with "court"?
"court" is commonly confused with "cut", "coût", "cure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "court"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "court" is \kuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "court" come from?
"court" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "court", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

attaque7 variantsgrosse7 variantsunique7 variantsvente7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list