courtaud
\kuʁ.to\
The verdict
“courtaud” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui est de taille courte, épaisse et ramassée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-courtaud · courtaud · French
courtaud · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | courtaud |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ.to\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « courtaud » en français
Rare enough to double-check
courtaud is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
courtaud has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 courtaud, spelled C-O-U-R-T-A-U-D.
Definition
- 1Celui qui est de taille courte, épaisse et ramassée.
- 2Commis de boutique.
- 3Personne aux façons rustres.
- 4Instrument à vent à anche double de la Renaissance, ancêtre du basson.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how courtaud appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un gros courtaud.
Il était suivi d’une musique composée d’un claquebois, d’un cornet-à-bouquin, d’un courtaud et d’une trompe.
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.