contingences

\kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\

/\kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

The verdict

“contingences” is uncommon French (frequency #57,183 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,183
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de contingence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contingences · contingences · French

contingences · rank #57,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,183
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contigu

Nearest frequency peer: contigu (-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 « contingences »

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 « contingences » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contingences
PropertyValue
Headwordcontingences
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#57,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « contingences » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contingencestombe 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: « contigu » (#57,182), « continuée » (#57,184), « corporatifs » (#57,185). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contingences » est au #57,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contingences is uncommon French at frequency #57,183 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de contingence.".

No misspelling variants are generated for contingences in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contingences, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-C-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de contingence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il s’agit tout au plus d’utiliser l’histoire, de la sapientialiser pour ainsi dire, de l’arracher à ses propres contingences, pour la hausser au rang de la parabole, du récit édifiant ou du portrait hagiographique.

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 "contingences"?
"contingences" is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-G-E-N-C-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "contingences" mean?
As a noun, "contingences" means: Pluriel de contingence.
How do you pronounce "contingences"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contingences" is \kɔ̃.tɛ̃.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contingences" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list