contrariant
\kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃\
The verdict
“contrariant” is uncommon French (frequency #71,384 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,384
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui aime à contrarier, en parlant d'une personne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrariant · contrariant · French
contrariant · rank #71,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,384
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contiguë
Nearest frequency peer: contiguë (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « contrariant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
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conspirationniste
28,620 corpus weight
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contemplez
28,619 corpus weight
- contiguë
contiguë
28,618 corpus weight
- contrariant
contrariant
28,617 corpus weight
- contrepèter…
contrepèterie
28,616 corpus weight
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corallien
28,615 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrariant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrariant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrariant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrariant is uncommon French at frequency #71,384 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁjɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contrariant, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contrariant, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui aime à contrarier, en parlant d'une personne.
- 2Qui est de nature à contrarier, en parlant d'une chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrariant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous êtes bien contrariant, bien contrariante. - Esprit contrariant. - Humeur contrariante.
Tante Aline n’était ni curieuse, ni contrariante, elle ne posait pas de questions : « Pourquoi as-tu les yeux rouges ? Pourquoi ne manges-tu pas ? »
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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