contraindication
/ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
contraindication is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N: 16 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, contraindication means “A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of contraindication is contraindications.
How many letters and syllables are in contraindication?
| Letters | 16: C-O-N-T-R-A-I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is contraindication?
Contraindication appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce contraindication?
- /ˌkɒntɹə.ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-contraindication.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of contraindication
- contraindications plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contraindication mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Contraindication in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense factor or symptom:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contre-indication, contrindication |
| German | Gegenanzeige, Kontraindikation |
| Portuguese | contraindicação |
| Spanish | contraindicación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does contraindication come from?
From contra- + indication.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).