kurta
\kyʁ.ta\
The verdict
“kurta” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chemise ample descendant jusqu’au genou ou à mi-cuisse, portée aussi bien par les femmes que par les hommes en Afghanistan, au Pakistan, au Népal, en Inde, au Bangladesh et au Sri Lanka.
Corpus desk
Index FR-kurta · kurta · French
kurta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" 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 | kurta |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kyʁ.ta\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “kurta” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
kurta is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kyʁ.ta\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Chemise ample descendant jusqu’au genou ou à mi-cuisse, portée aussi bien par les femmes que par les hommes en Afghanistan, au Pakistan, au Népal, en Inde, au Bangladesh et au Sri Lanka.".
kurta has no tracked misspelling variants, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is kurta, spelled K-U-R-T-A.
Definition
- 1Chemise ample descendant jusqu’au genou ou à mi-cuisse, portée aussi bien par les femmes que par les hommes en Afghanistan, au Pakistan, au Népal, en Inde, au Bangladesh et au Sri Lanka.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kurta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un vieil homme se lave les mains sous le jet continu du robinet d’eau, près des abris. Quand il a fini, il se sert du bas de sa kurta pour s’essuyer les mains et le visage.
Gitsari, qui se considérait comme quelqu’un de juste, les laissait s’occuper de leurs enfants et de la vie quotidienne de leurs époux, comme par exemple quelle kurta ils devaient porter, ou s’ils pouvaient ou non se laisser pousser la moustache.
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