Kourou

\ku.ʁu\

/\ku.ʁu\/ name

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The verdict

“Kourou” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #43,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,520
frequency rank, French
737
“K” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Guyane.

Corpus desk

Index FR-kourou · Kourou · French

Kourou · rank #43,520 · 7 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #43,520
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 737
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kurzawa

Nearest frequency peer: Kurzawa (+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 « Kourou »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Kourou » 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).

Kourou vs courroux
63% similar

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

Key facts for Kourou
PropertyValue
HeadwordKourou
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ku.ʁu\
Letters6
Frequency rank#43,520
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Kourou »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Kurzawa » (#43,521), « lactique » (#43,522), « lagunes » (#43,523). Parmi 737 lemmes en « K », « Kourou » est au #43,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Kourou (IPA \ku.ʁu\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #43,520 among 737 “K” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kourou, with forms such as "kkourou", "koruou", and "kouoru". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "courroux", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Kourou, spelled K-O-U-R-O-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Guyane.
  2. 2
    Base de lancement de fusées.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À quelques jours de ce dernier tir qui sera donné depuis Kourou (Guyane), 20 Minutes a interrogé Gilles Fonblanc.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • kkourou
  • koruou
  • kouoru
  • kourrou
  • kouruo
  • kuorou
  • okurou

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kourou - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

kkourou1koruou2kouoru2kourrou1kouruo2kuorou2okurou2
Edit distance from "Kourou"

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 "Kourou"?
"Kourou" is spelled K-O-U-R-O-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ku.ʁu\.
What does "Kourou" mean?
As a proper noun, "Kourou" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Guyane.
What words are commonly confused with "Kourou"?
"Kourou" is commonly confused with "courroux". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Kourou"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kourou" is \ku.ʁu\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kourou" come from?
"Kourou" 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 "Kourou", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

licite#43,528Longwy#43,531influx#43,501maigri#43,540

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

lumen7 variantshallal7 variantsnovel7 variantsgalas7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list