Courtrai

\kuʁ.tʁɛ\

/\kuʁ.tʁɛ\/ name

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The verdict

“Courtrai” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,902. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,902
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune et ville de la province de Flandre-Occidentale de la région flamande de Belgique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-courtrai · Courtrai · French

Courtrai · rank #28,902 · 11 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,902
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH courroie

Nearest frequency peer: courroie (-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 « Courtrai »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Courtrai » 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).

Courtrai vs courra
63% similar
Courtrai vs courrait
63% similar

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

Key facts for Courtrai
PropertyValue
HeadwordCourtrai
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\kuʁ.tʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,902
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Courtrai »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Courtraise place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « courroie » (#28,901), « coupon » (#28,900), « couplets » (#28,899). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « Courtrai » est au #28,902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around Courtrai (IPA \kuʁ.tʁɛ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #28,902 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Commune et ville de la province de Flandre-Occidentale de la région flamande de Belgique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Courtrai, with forms such as "ccourtrai", "corutrai", and "courrtai". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "courra", "courrait", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Courtrai, spelled C-O-U-R-T-R-A-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune et ville de la province de Flandre-Occidentale de la région flamande de Belgique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Docteur Peperkouk, le duc d'Aumont, que je ne connais ni des lèvres ni des dents (il voulait dire ni d'Ève, ni d'Adam), vous demande au camp du roi de France, dressé entre Tournai et Courtrai. Il est malade.
  2. Le second siège a lieu cinq ans plus tard, en 1302, quand la ville est reprise par les Flamands au lendemain de la célèbre bataille des Eperons d'or à Courtrai et de la déroute de l'ost royal (18 mai 1302).

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccourtrai
  • corutrai
  • courrtai
  • courrtrai
  • courtari
  • courtria
  • courtrrai
  • courttrai
  • coutrrai
  • cuortrai
  • ocurtrai

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Courtrai - 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.

ccourtrai1corutrai2courrtai2courrtrai1courtari2courtria2courtrrai1courttrai1
Edit distance from "Courtrai"

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 "Courtrai"?
"Courtrai" is spelled C-O-U-R-T-R-A-I. The IPA pronunciation is \kuʁ.tʁɛ\.
What does "Courtrai" mean?
As a proper noun, "Courtrai" means: Commune et ville de la province de Flandre-Occidentale de la région flamande de Belgique.
What words are commonly confused with "Courtrai"?
"Courtrai" is commonly confused with "courra", "courrait". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Courtrai"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Courtrai" is \kuʁ.tʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Courtrai" come from?
"Courtrai" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

courroie#28,901couplets#28,899couchage#28,898concocté#28,888

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

corvées11 variantscitadine11 variantscheptel11 variantscharlot11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list