congruence
\kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\
The verdict
“congruence” is an uncommon French word, ranked #81,020 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #81,020
- frequency rank, French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qualité de ce qui est adéquat et coïncide avec autre chose.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | congruence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #81,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “congruence” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for congruence is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\. Corpus data places it at rank #81,020 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for congruence in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is congruence, spelled C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Qualité de ce qui est adéquat et coïncide avec autre chose.
- 2Relation entre deux nombres entiers tels que leur différence est le multiple d'un troisième nombre.
- 3Relation entre deux éléments x et y d’un anneau ou d’un groupe tels que x-y appartienne, respectivement, à un idéal ou un sous-groupe.
- 4Relation entre figures planes semblables (homothétiques).
- 5Ensemble des courbes intégrales associées à un champ de vecteurs.
- 6Correspondance exacte entre l’expérience et la prise de conscience.
- 7Qualité d'une articulation ou d'une anastomose dont les deux parties s’adaptent parfaitement.
- 8Concordance opérationnelle
- 9Pièce de vêtement très ajustée.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “congruence”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-C-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃s\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.