contigu

\kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\

/\kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contigu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contigu
PropertyValue
Headwordcontigu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,182
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « contigu » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contigutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « contingences » (#57,183), « conjuguées » (#57,180), « continuée » (#57,184). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contigu » est au #57,182. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui est situé au voisinage immédiat de ; qui est accolé à.
  2. 2
    Qui sont voisins sans adhérer l’un à l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how contigu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.
  2. Sur deux sièges contigus sont assis Fulk Ephrinell et miss Horatia Bluett. Ils causent en crayonnant des chiffres.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contigu"?
"contigu" is spelled C-O-N-T-I-G-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\.
What does "contigu" mean?
As an adjective, "contigu" means: Qui est situé au voisinage immédiat de ; qui est accolé à.
How do you pronounce "contigu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contigu" is \kɔ̃.ti.ɡy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contigu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list