court-circuit
\kuʁ.siʁ.kɥi\
The verdict
“court-circuit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Connexion volontaire ou accidentelle de deux points d’un circuit électrique entre lesquels il existe une différence de potentiel, par un conducteur de faible résistance.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | court-circuit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ.siʁ.kɥi\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “court-circuit” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
court-circuit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ.siʁ.kɥi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Connexion volontaire ou accidentelle de deux points d’un circuit électrique entre lesquels il existe une différence de potentiel, par un conducteur de faible résistance.".
No misspelling variants are generated for court-circuit in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is court-circuit, spelled C-O-U-R-T---C-I-R-C-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1Connexion volontaire ou accidentelle de deux points d’un circuit électrique entre lesquels il existe une différence de potentiel, par un conducteur de faible résistance.
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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.
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Using “court-circuit”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-T---C-I-R-C-U-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kuʁ.siʁ.kɥi\ (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.