contrargument
\kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“contrargument” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de contre-argument
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrargument · contrargument · French
contrargument · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrargument |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “contrargument” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
contrargument is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de contre-argument".
Zero misspellings are on record for contrargument in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contrargument, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de contre-argument
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contrargument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Aucune preuve ne peut être apportée à cette conservation : chacun des arguments avancés par les enfants (ou par les adultes) peut être renversé par un contrargument tout aussi fort.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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