discourtois
\dis.kuʁ.twa\
The verdict
“discourtois” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas courtois, pas aimable, pas très poli, pas très respectueux…
Corpus desk
Index FR-discourtois · discourtois · French
discourtois · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | discourtois |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \dis.kuʁ.twa\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « discourtois » en français
Rare enough to double-check
discourtois is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \dis.kuʁ.twa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas courtois, pas aimable, pas très poli, pas très respectueux…".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for discourtois, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is discourtois, spelled D-I-S-C-O-U-R-T-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas courtois, pas aimable, pas très poli, pas très respectueux…
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how discourtois appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Langage discourtois.
Des manières discourtoises.
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.