contorsion
\kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“contorsion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mouvement violent qui procède d’une cause intérieure et qui tord les muscles, les membres d’une personne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contorsion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contorsion” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contorsion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contorsion in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 contorsion, spelled C-O-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Mouvement violent qui procède d’une cause intérieure et qui tord les muscles, les membres d’une personne.
- 2Discipline acrobatique pratiquée au cirque et en gymnastique, basée sur des mouvements de flexion et d’extension extrêmes du corps.
- 3Grimaces et gestes forcés que certaines gens font quelquefois en parlant avec véhémence, ou autrement.
- 4Attitude outrée, mouvement forcé des membres ou des traits du visage.
- 5Exercice alambiqué de rhétorique pour tenter d’arriver à démontrer quelque chose.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “contorsion”
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- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.