courtine
\kuʁ.tin\
The verdict
“courtine” is uncommon French (frequency #55,175 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,175
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rideau servant à dissimuler ou à décorer un lit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | courtine |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kuʁ.tin\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “courtine” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
courtine is uncommon French at frequency #55,175 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kuʁ.tin\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
courtine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is courtine, spelled C-O-U-R-T-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Rideau servant à dissimuler ou à décorer un lit.
- 2Tenture disposée derrière un autel.
- 3Mur ordinairement rectiligne, reliant deux bastions.
- 4Courses hippiques.
- 5En Aunis et Saintonge, longs filets disposés verticalement sur des piquets de 2 mètres de haut, formant sur l’estran un V, angle aigu à la pointe duquel sont concentrées les captures poussées par le jusant.
- 6Tas de fumier.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “courtine”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-U-R-T-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kuʁ.tin\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.