contagionner
\kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ.ne\
The verdict
“contagionner” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Infecter par contagion.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contagionner · contagionner · French
contagionner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | contagionner |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ.ne\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contagionner » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contagionner is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.ta.ʒjɔ.ne\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contagionner, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 contagionner, spelled C-O-N-T-A-G-I-O-N-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Infecter par contagion.
- 2Influencer (comme par contagion).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contagionner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est évident que toute affection transmissible par le toucher, cessera par le seul fait de la séquestration de l’individu atteint et de ceux que déjà il aura pu contagionner.
Il s’est demandé ensuite pourquoi certains virus pouvaient contagionner à distance (variole, clavelée, etc.), tandis que d’autres en paraissaient incapables (vaccine, syphilis, etc.), et il a été conduit à penser que cela tenait à l’une des conditions suivantes : nᵒ 1 l’état physique du virus ; nᵒ 2 sa quantité ; nᵒ 3 son mode d’excrétion ; nᵒ 4 sa facult…
Synonyms
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.