congruent
\kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃\
The verdict
“congruent” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’applique bien, qui convient.
Corpus desk
Index FR-congruent · congruent · French
congruent · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | congruent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « congruent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
congruent is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.ɡʁy.ɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for congruent, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is congruent, spelled C-O-N-G-R-U-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui s’applique bien, qui convient.
- 2Qualifie deux objets mathématiques reliés par une congruence.
- 3Le même qui émerge d’une différence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how congruent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« Les pèlerinages doivent s'accomplirent à pied. Mais quarante-trois kilomètres seraient durs ; et les gondoles n'étant pas congruentes à la méditation, ils louèrent un vieux cabriolet. » — (Gustave Flaubert, Bouvard et Pécuchet ; Bibliothèque de La Pléiade, Flaubert, Œuvres, tome II, page 925, Editions Gallimard, 1952.)
Nous savons depuis 1935 que les mots dans lesquels l’information pertinente – la couleur de l’encre – est en conflit avec l’information non pertinente — le mot de couleur – demandent davantage de temps pour y répondre. Nous commettons plus d’erreurs pour ces essais incongruents (exemple : rouge écrit à l’encre verte), que pour les essais congruents (exemp…
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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.