contigu
\kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\
The verdict
“contigu” is uncommon French (frequency #57,182 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,182
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est situé au voisinage immédiat de ; qui est accolé à.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contigu · contigu · French
contigu · rank #57,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,182
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contingences
Nearest frequency peer: contingences (+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 « contigu »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- confonde
confonde
42,822 corpus weight
- conjuguées
conjuguées
42,821 corpus weight
- contigu
contigu
42,819 corpus weight
- contingences
contingences
42,818 corpus weight
- continuée
continuée
42,817 corpus weight
- corporatifs
corporatifs
42,816 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contigu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contigu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contigu » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contigu is uncommon French at frequency #57,182 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for contigu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contigu, spelled C-O-N-T-I-G-U.
Definition
- 1Qui est situé au voisinage immédiat de ; qui est accolé à.
- 2Qui sont voisins sans adhérer l’un à l’autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contigu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au moment où j’entrais dans le salon du prince, j’avais vu s’ouvrir et se refermer mystérieusement la porte d’un appartement contigu au sien : c’était celui de sa mère, la princesse Lioubitza, femme de Milosch.
Sur deux sièges contigus sont assis Fulk Ephrinell et miss Horatia Bluett. Ils causent en crayonnant des chiffres.
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); 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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