court sur pattes
\kuʁ syʁ pat\
The verdict
“court sur pattes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petit, même debout, en parlant d’un animal.
Corpus desk
Index FR-court-sur-pattes · court sur pattes · French
court sur pattes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 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 | court sur pattes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kuʁ syʁ pat\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
court sur pattes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kuʁ syʁ pat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petit, même debout, en parlant d’un animal.".
court sur pattes doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is court sur pattes, spelled C-O-U-R-T- -S-U-R- -P-A-T-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Petit, même debout, en parlant d’un animal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how court sur pattes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Faute de mieux, Marçais a suivi sa mère comme son ombre, avec le maigre espoir qu’elle retrouve son fils : la promenade du clébard, un horrible cocker court sur pattes, les courses au Codec voisin, et même la virée en bus dans l’après-midi, jusqu’au Prisunic des Champs-Élysées, où elle a acheté tout un tas de produits de beauté.
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.