congru
\kɔ̃.ɡʁy\
The verdict
“congru” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui convient, qui s’adapte exactement à ce qu’on veut exprimer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-congru · congru · French
congru · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | congru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ɡʁy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
congru is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.ɡʁy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
congru has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is congru, spelled C-O-N-G-R-U.
Definition
- 1Qui convient, qui s’adapte exactement à ce qu’on veut exprimer.
- 2Qui a un rapport de congruence : dont la différence avec un autre nombre est divisible par un troisième.
- 3Se dit de côtés ou d'angles qui ont la même mesure, ou de figures identiques (même forme, même taille, mais dont la position n'est pas forcément la même).
- 4Qualifie une grâce proportionnée à l'acte de vertu à accomplir.
- 5Se disait de la rétribution que les gros décimateurs versaient aux curés qui accomplissaient leurs fonctions ecclésiastiques en leur lieu et place. D'où portion congrue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Réponse congrue
Phrase congrue
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.