contracter

\kɔ̃.tʁak.te\

/\kɔ̃.tʁak.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“contracter” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,791
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conclure un contrat.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contracter · contracter · French

contracter · rank #19,791 · 16 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,791
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constructif

Nearest frequency peer: constructif (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « contracter »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « contracter » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contracter vs contraste
80% similar
contracter vs contrarier
80% similar
contracter vs contrastée
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contracter
PropertyValue
Headwordcontracter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁak.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,791
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contracter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contracterse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « constructif » (#19,790), « contrario » (#19,792), « considérez » (#19,789). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contracter » est au #19,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around contracter (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁak.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,791 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contracter, with forms such as "ccontracter", "cnotracter", and "conntracter". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "contraste", "contrarier", "contrastée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contracter, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conclure un contrat.
  2. 2
    Dans la mouvance conspirationniste des « êtres souverains », contracter signifie accepter l’autorité et la légitimité d’un État en appliquant la thèse qui prétend qu’il serait en réalité une entreprise privée qui devrait donc exclusivement être liée par des obligations réciproques avec les individus.
  3. 3
    Acquérir par des actions réitérées.
  4. 4
    Acquérir par des actions réitérées.
  5. 5
    Attraper par contagion, ou de quelque autre manière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En 1545, l’évêque de Strasbourg interdit à ses ouailles de contracter des prêts hypothécaires chez des juifs.
  2. Un capitulaire prescrit de ne contracter que des unions légitimes, car celles-là seules donnent des enfants capables de succéder.

This word in other languages

contract(English)contratar(Español)schließen(Deutsch)contratar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontracter
  • cnotracter
  • conntracter
  • conrtacter
  • contarcter
  • contraccter
  • contracetr
  • contracterr
  • contractre
  • contractter
  • contratcer
  • contrcater
  • contrracter
  • conttracter
  • cotnracter
  • ocntracter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contracter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccontracter1cnotracter2conntracter1conrtacter2contarcter2contraccter1contracetr2contracterr1
Edit distance from "contracter"

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 "contracter"?
"contracter" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁak.te\.
What does "contracter" mean?
As a verb, "contracter" means: Conclure un contrat.
What words are commonly confused with "contracter"?
"contracter" is commonly confused with "contraste", "contrarier", "contrastée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contracter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contracter" is \kɔ̃.tʁak.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contracter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

considérez#19,789connection#19,788distribuée#19,810bouillante#19,764

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

détruisant16 variantsinexistante16 variantsisraéliennes16 variantssuperficiel16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list