à contre-vent
\a kɔ̃.tʁə vɑ̃\
The verdict
“à contre-vent” 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) - Avec le vent qui donne en face de soi.
Corpus desk
Index FR-a-contre-vent · à contre-vent · French
à contre-vent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 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-vent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \a kɔ̃.tʁə vɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
à contre-vent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \a kɔ̃.tʁə vɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec le vent qui donne en face de soi.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for à contre-vent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is à contre-vent, spelled À- -C-O-N-T-R-E---V-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Avec le vent qui donne en face de soi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how à contre-vent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hervé cheminait à contre-vent sur des quais exposés a toutes les bises.
Coupe-t-on sous le vent, ou bien à contre-vent? Pas à contre-vent, car, si le vent renvoyait contre le moissonneur la paille et l'épi, les yeux et les mains auraient trop à souffrir.
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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.