contradictoire

/\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\/ adj

Letters

14 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,553

in French word usage

Misspellings

21

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

contradictoire is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui implique contradiction; incohérent; de deux ou plusieurs choses, qui ne peuvent pas toutes deux être vraies, qui se nient l'une l'autre. Pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\. Often confused with contradictoires.

Key facts for contradictoire
PropertyValue
Headwordcontradictoire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\
Letters14
Frequency rank#13,553
Misspellings tracked21
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contradictoire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contradictoire is 14 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,553 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 21 documented wrong-spelling variants for contradictoire, with forms such as "ccontradictoire", "cnotradictoire", and "conntradictoire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contradictoires", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is contradictoire, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-O-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui implique contradiction; incohérent; de deux ou plusieurs choses, qui ne peuvent pas toutes deux être vraies, qui se nient l'une l'autre.
  2. 2
    Qualifie un jugement, un arrêt rendu après que les parties ont été entendues ou après qu’elles ont produit, ou un système où les jugements sont rendus suite l'audition des arguments de parties adverses.
  3. 3
    Qualifie tout acte de procédure fait en présence des parties.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontradictoire,cnotradictoire,conntradictoire,conrtadictoire,contardictoire,contradcitoire,contraddictoire,contradicctoire,contradicotire,contradictiore,contradictoier,contradictoirre,contradictorie,contradicttoire,contraditcoire,contraidctoire,contrdaictoire,contrradictoire,conttradictoire,cotnradictoire,ocntradictoire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contradictoire

Misspelling Variants of "contradictoire"

ccontradictoire15cnotradictoire14conntradictoire15conrtadictoire14contardictoire14contradcitoire14contraddictoire15contradicctoire15
Misspelling Variants of "contradictoire"

Frequency rank: #13,553 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contradictoire"?
"contradictoire" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-C-T-O-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\.
What does "contradictoire" mean?
As an adj, "contradictoire" means: Qui implique contradiction; incohérent; de deux ou plusieurs choses, qui ne peuvent pas toutes deux être vraies, qui se nient l'une l'autre.
What words are commonly confused with "contradictoire"?
"contradictoire" is commonly confused with "contradictoires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contradictoire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contradictoire" is \kɔ̃.tʁa.dik.twaʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contradictoire" come from?
"contradictoire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.