Which to use
“courus” and “courut” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,530
- “courus” frequency rank
- #42,809
- “courut” frequency rank
- 88339
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | courus | courut |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de courir. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de courir. |
Same sound, different letters: courus vs courut
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. courus and courut follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: courus vs courut
This is the hard kind. courus and courut are pronounced identically (\ku.ʁy\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - s in “courus” becomes t in “courut”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88339, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
courus is recorded at frequency rank #45,530, classified as averb, pronounced \ku.ʁy\. courut is at rank #42,809, tagged as averb, pronounced \ku.ʁy\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 88339, this pair ranks #7,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of courus vs courut
Shared letters: coru. Private to "courus": s. Private to "courut": t.
"courus" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "courut" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "courus" and "courut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "courus" or "courut" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "courus" / "courut". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "courus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,126 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "courus" and "courut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courges vs courus". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #7,126 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.