tout courant
\tu ku.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“tout courant” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Très vite, en toute hâte.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tout-courant · tout courant · French
tout courant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tout courant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \tu ku.ʁɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tout courant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tout courant is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \tu ku.ʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tout courant doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 tout courant, spelled T-O-U-T- -C-O-U-R-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Très vite, en toute hâte.
- 2Sans hésiter, sans peine, facilement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tout courant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On vint m’avertir qu’il était chez moi, je m’y rendis tout courant.
Il récita cela tout courant.
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.