congress

/\ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,182

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

congress is aFrenchnoun. It means: Congrès. Pronounced \ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\. Often confused with contrées and congés.

Key facts for congress
PropertyValue
Headwordcongress
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\
Letters8
Frequency rank#33,182
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of congress in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for congress is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,182 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Congrès.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for congress, with forms such as "ccongress", "cnogress", and "cognress". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "contrées", "congés", "congres", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is congress, spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Congrès.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccongress,cnogress,cognress,congerss,conggress,congrress,congrses,conngress,conrgess,ocngress

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for congress

Misspelling Variants of "congress"

ccongress9cnogress8cognress8congerss8conggress9congrress9congrses8conngress9
Misspelling Variants of "congress"

Frequency rank: #33,182 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "congress"?
"congress" is spelled C-O-N-G-R-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\.
What does "congress" mean?
As a noun, "congress" means: Congrès.
What words are commonly confused with "congress"?
"congress" is commonly confused with "contrées", "congés", "congres". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "congress"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "congress" is \ˈkɑŋ.ɡɹəs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "congress" come from?
"congress" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.