clé de contact
\kle də kɔ̃.takt\
The verdict
“clé de 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Clé qui sert à faire démarrer le moteur d'un véhicule et à débloquer les systèmes de sécurité anti-vol.
Corpus desk
Index FR-cle-de-contact · clé de contact · French
clé de contact · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | clé de contact |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kle də kɔ̃.takt\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “clé de contact” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
clé de contact is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kle də kɔ̃.takt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Clé qui sert à faire démarrer le moteur d'un véhicule et à débloquer les systèmes de sécurité anti-vol.".
Zero misspellings are on record for clé de contact in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is clé de contact, spelled C-L-É- -D-E- -C-O-N-T-A-C-T.
Definition
- 1Clé qui sert à faire démarrer le moteur d'un véhicule et à débloquer les systèmes de sécurité anti-vol.
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