contagier
\kɔ̃.ta.ʒje\
The verdict
“contagier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Communiquer par contagion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contagier · contagier · French
contagier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | contagier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ta.ʒje\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contagier » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contagier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.ta.ʒje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Communiquer par contagion.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contagier, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contagier, spelled C-O-N-T-A-G-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Communiquer par contagion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contagier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au rapport du docteur Laugier, une fièvre maligne contagieuse attaqua les prisonniers autrichiens à l'hôpital de Grenoble; ils l'avoient répandue sur la route : des officiers de santé et des infirmiers de l'hôpital de Grenoble sont contagiés, ils sont traités en ville et ne contagient personne.
L'horreur que cette peau inspira aux autres gardiens, et la crainte qu'elle ne les contagiât tous, les obligea à la sortir et à la mettre sur le toit de leurs cabanes.
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.