tout courant
\tu ku.ʁɑ̃\
The verdict
“tout courant” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adverb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Très vite, en toute hâte.
| 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) |
Where “tout courant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for tout courant is 12 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \tu ku.ʁɑ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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 “tout courant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-O-U-T- -C-O-U-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \tu ku.ʁɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.