main courante
\mɛ̃ ku.ʁɑ̃t\
The verdict
“main courante” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Registre sur lequel sont consignées des opérations, de vente pour les commerçants, des incidents et interventions pour les commissariats de police, les casernes de pompiers, les hôpitaux…
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | main courante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ̃ ku.ʁɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “main courante” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for main courante is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛ̃ ku.ʁɑ̃t\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for main courante, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is main courante, spelled M-A-I-N- -C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Registre sur lequel sont consignées des opérations, de vente pour les commerçants, des incidents et interventions pour les commissariats de police, les casernes de pompiers, les hôpitaux…
- 2Élément rampant placé à hauteur d’appui sur le noyau, sur le mur-noyau, sur le mur de cage d’escalier ou couronnant une rampe d’appui.
- 3Anneau sur la roue d’un fauteuil roulant pour la propulsion manuelle.
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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.
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Using “main courante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-I-N- -C-O-U-R-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɛ̃ ku.ʁɑ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.