cas contact
\kɑ kɔ̃.takt\
The verdict
“cas contact” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Personne identifiée comme ayant fréquenté une personne porteuse d'une maladie contagieuse, et donc susceptible elle-même d'être infectée.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cas contact |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɑ kɔ̃.takt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cas contact” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
cas contact is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɑ kɔ̃.takt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for cas contact, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is cas contact, spelled C-A-S- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Personne identifiée comme ayant fréquenté une personne porteuse d'une maladie contagieuse, et donc susceptible elle-même d'être infectée.
- 2Cas contact pour la maladie Covid-19.
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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.
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Using “cas contact”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-A-S- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɑ kɔ̃.takt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.