contorsionne
\kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn\
The verdict
“contorsionne” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contorsionner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contorsionne · contorsionne · French
contorsionne · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contorsionne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contorsionne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contorsionne is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɔʁ.sjɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contorsionne in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contorsionne, spelled C-O-N-T-O-R-S-I-O-N-N-E.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contorsionner.
- 2Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contorsionner.
- 3Première personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de contorsionner.
- 4Troisième personne du singulier du subjonctif présent de contorsionner.
- 5Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de contorsionner.
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.