contradiction

\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“contradiction” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,807
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contradiction · contradiction · French

contradiction · rank #7,807 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,807
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contestation

Nearest frequency peer: contestation (-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 « contradiction »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contradiction » 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).

contradiction vs contradictions
93% similar
contradiction vs contraction
85% similar

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

Key facts for contradiction
PropertyValue
Headwordcontradiction
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#7,807
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contradiction »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contradictionse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contestation » (#7,806), « convictions » (#7,808), « contacté » (#7,805). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contradiction » est au #7,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around contradiction (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,807 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for contradiction, with forms such as "ccontradiction", "cnotradiction", and "conntradiction". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contradictions", "contraction", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is contradiction, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de contredire.
  2. 2
    Opposition vive à quelqu’un, à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Opposition, incompatibilité entre deux ou plusieurs choses, ou entre les éléments d’une même chose.
  4. 4
    Connecteur logique, relation existant entre deux ou plusieurs termes ou deux ou plusieurs propositions dont l’un(e) affirme ce que l’autre nie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a l’esprit de contradiction.
  2. Il se rend insupportable par son esprit de contradiction.

This word in other languages

contradiction(English)Widerspruch(Deutsch)contradição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontradiction
  • cnotradiction
  • conntradiction
  • conrtadiction
  • contardiction
  • contradcition
  • contraddiction
  • contradicction
  • contradiciton
  • contradictino
  • contradictionn
  • contradictoin
  • contradicttion
  • contraditcion
  • contraidction
  • contrdaiction
  • contrradiction
  • conttradiction
  • cotnradiction
  • ocntradiction

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contradiction - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontradiction1cnotradiction2conntradiction1conrtadiction2contardiction2contradcition2contraddiction1contradicction1
Edit distance from "contradiction"

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 "contradiction"?
"contradiction" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "contradiction" mean?
As a noun, "contradiction" means: Action de contredire.
What words are commonly confused with "contradiction"?
"contradiction" is commonly confused with "contradictions", "contraction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contradiction"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contradiction" is \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contradiction" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

départemental#7,818bibliographie#7,788simultanément#7,900territoriales#7,908

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

techniquement20 variantsparticularité20 variantsquotidiennement20 variantsconfrontation20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list