contracture
\kɔ̃.tʁak.tyʁ\
The verdict
“contracture” is uncommon French (frequency #62,165 among 257,141 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,165
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Rétrécissement qui se fait dans la partie supérieure d’une colonne.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contracture |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁak.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,165 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contracture” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contracture is uncommon French at frequency #62,165 among 257,141 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁak.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contracture in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contracture, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Rétrécissement qui se fait dans la partie supérieure d’une colonne.
- 2Rigidité plus ou moins considérable et prolongée des muscles.
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.
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Using “contracture”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁak.tyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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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.