à contre-cœur
\a kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\
The verdict
“à contre-cœur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante de à contrecœur.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-contre-c-ur · à contre-cœur · French
à contre-cœur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "À" 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 | à contre-cœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « à contre-cœur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
à contre-cœur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de à contrecœur.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for à contre-cœur, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is à contre-cœur, spelled À- -C-O-N-T-R-E---C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Variante de à contrecœur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à contre-cœur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que veut dire ce drôle ? demanda Front-de-Bœuf en regardant ses domestiques, qui, lentement et à contre-cœur, avouèrent que, si ce n’était pas là Cédric, ils ne savaient ce qu’il était devenu.
Je causais avec Julie, qui n’avait dansé qu’à contre-cœur et ne dansait plus, quand il entra
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