contradict
[kɒntɹəˈdɪkt]
The verdict
“contradict” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - widersprechen, bestreiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-contradict · contradict · German
contradict · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | contradict |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kɒntɹəˈdɪkt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „contradict“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
contradict is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [kɒntɹəˈdɪkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "widersprechen, bestreiten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contradict, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is contradict, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T.
Definition
- 1widersprechen, bestreiten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contradict appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His wife contradicts him every times.
[…] recently he [Wayne Rooney] dared to contradict in public his club manager Sir Alex Ferguson, when he told reporters he had not been struggling with an ankle injury.
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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.