contaminent
\kɔ̃.ta.min\
The verdict
“contaminent” is uncommon French (frequency #73,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,853
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe contaminer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contaminent · contaminent · French
contaminent · rank #73,853 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,853
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH constructivis…
Nearest frequency peer: constructivisme (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « contaminent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consentit
consentit
26,151 corpus weight
- consolera
consolera
26,150 corpus weight
- constructiv…
constructivisme
26,149 corpus weight
- contaminent
contaminent
26,148 corpus weight
- converses
converses
26,147 corpus weight
- coordonnate…
coordonnateurs
26,145 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contaminent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contaminent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ta.min\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #73,853 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contaminent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contaminent is uncommon French at frequency #73,853 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.ta.min\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contaminent, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contaminent, spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent du verbe contaminer.
- 2Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent du verbe contaminer.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).