contrariety
/kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/
"contrariety" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“contrariety” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
Corpus desk
Index EN-contrariety · contrariety · English
contrariety · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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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 | contrariety |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “contrariety” in English
Rare enough to double-check
contrariety is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /kɒntɹəˈɹʌɪəti/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.".
No misspelling variants are generated for contrariety in our 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, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety. The correct English form is contrariety, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-E-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Opposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrariety appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
What differences of sense and reason, what contrarietie of imaginations doth the diversitie of our passions present unto us?
This contrariety of humours betwixt my father and my uncle, was the source of many a fraternal squabble.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French contrariété, from Late Latin contrarietas, from contrarius, from Latin contra (“against”). By surface analysis, contrary + -ety.
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.