contact oculaire

noun

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The verdict

“contact oculaire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contact qui s’établit par les yeux.

Key facts for contact oculaire
PropertyValue
Headwordcontact oculaire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “contact oculaire” sits in French frequency

contact oculaire falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contact oculaire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contact qui s’établit par les yeux.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contact oculaire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contact oculaire, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T- -O-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contact qui s’établit par les yeux.

Synonyms

contact visuel

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contact oculaire"?
"contact oculaire" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T- -O-C-U-L-A-I-R-E.
What does "contact oculaire" mean?
As a noun, "contact oculaire" means: Contact qui s’établit par les yeux.
What language does "contact oculaire" come from?
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Using “contact oculaire”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-A-C-T- -O-C-U-L-A-I-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list