contradictions

\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“contradictions” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,542. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,542
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
22
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contradictions · contradictions · French

contradictions · rank #12,542 · 22 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,542
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH continuelleme…

Nearest frequency peer: continuellement (-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 « contradictions »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contradictions » 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).

contradictions vs contractions
86% similar
contradictions vs contradiction
93% similar

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

Key facts for contradictions
PropertyValue
Headwordcontradictions
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\
Letters14
Frequency rank#12,542
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contradictions »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contradictionsse 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 « continuellement » (#12,541), « croisement » (#12,543), « cruauté » (#12,544). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contradictions » est au #12,542. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around contradictions (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,542 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de contradiction.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for contradictions, with forms such as "ccontradictions", "cnotradictions", and "conntradictions". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contractions", "contradiction", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 contradictions, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de contradiction.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il y est question de mes oraisons, de mes répétitions, de mes contradictions, de ma prose, de mes jeux de mots, du malheur de ceux qui sont contraints de m’entendre, de mes insinuations, de mes attaques contre les lithotriteurs, etc., mais des objections que je lui ai faites, pas un mot.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontradictions
  • cnotradictions
  • conntradictions
  • conrtadictions
  • contardictions
  • contradcitions
  • contraddictions
  • contradicctions
  • contradicitons
  • contradictinos
  • contradictionns
  • contradictionss
  • contradictiosn
  • contradictoins
  • contradicttions
  • contraditcions
  • contraidctions
  • contrdaictions
  • contrradictions
  • conttradictions
  • cotnradictions
  • ocntradictions

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contradictions - 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.

ccontradictions1cnotradictions2conntradictions1conrtadictions2contardictions2contradcitions2contraddictions1contradicctions1
Edit distance from "contradictions"

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 "contradictions"?
"contradictions" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.sjɔ̃\.
What does "contradictions" mean?
As a noun, "contradictions" means: Pluriel de contradiction.
What words are commonly confused with "contradictions"?
"contradictions" is commonly confused with "contractions", "contradiction". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contradictions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contradictions" 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 "contradictions" come from?
"contradictions" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list