courtoisie

\kuʁ.twa.zi\

/\kuʁ.twa.zi\/ noun

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The verdict

“courtoisie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,761. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,761
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courtoisie · courtoisie · French

courtoisie · rank #13,761 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,761
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conventionnel…

Nearest frequency peer: conventionnelle (-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 « courtoisie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « courtoisie » 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).

courtoisie vs courtois
80% similar
courtoisie vs courtoise
90% similar

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

Key facts for courtoisie
PropertyValue
Headwordcourtoisie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kuʁ.twa.zi\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,761
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « courtoisie »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conventionnelle » (#13,760), « CPE » (#13,762), « contredire » (#13,759). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « courtoisie » est au #13,761. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around courtoisie (IPA \kuʁ.twa.zi\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,761 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for courtoisie, with forms such as "ccourtoisie", "corutoisie", and "courotisie". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "courtois", "courtoise", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is courtoisie, spelled C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour ma première au bordel, c’est la patronne qui se chargea de mon accueil. Après les courtoisies d’usage, elle me fit prendre place dans un des fauteuils confortables du salon, avant de m’inviter à avaler une rasade d’absinthe : pour te décontracter !, lança-t-elle.
  2. La langue de la courtoisie, reprit Rowena, quand on l’emploie pour cacher la grossièreté des actions, ressemble à la ceinture d’un chevalier qui ceint la taille d’un vil manant.

Antonyms

discourtoisiedécourtoisie

This word in other languages

courtesy(English)cortesía(Español)cortesia(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourtoisie
  • corutoisie
  • courotisie
  • courrtoisie
  • courtiosie
  • courtoiise
  • courtoisei
  • courtoissie
  • courtosiie
  • courttoisie
  • coutroisie
  • cuortoisie
  • ocurtoisie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of courtoisie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccourtoisie1corutoisie2courotisie2courrtoisie1courtiosie2courtoiise2courtoisei2courtoissie1
Edit distance from "courtoisie"

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 "courtoisie"?
"courtoisie" is spelled C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ.twa.zi\.
What does "courtoisie" mean?
As a noun, "courtoisie" means: Manière de parler et d’agir de celui qui est courtois.
What words are commonly confused with "courtoisie"?
"courtoisie" is commonly confused with "courtois", "courtoise". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "courtoisie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "courtoisie" is \kuʁ.twa.zi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "courtoisie" come from?
"courtoisie" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contredire#13,759confronter#13,758compliquer#13,756commencera#13,751

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

disposait13 variantsdésirent13 variantséditorial13 variantshésitent13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list