contrariée

\kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\

/\kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\/ adj

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The verdict

“contrariée” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,954. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,954
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de contrarié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrariee · contrariée · French

contrariée · rank #34,954 · 15 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,954
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrarie

Nearest frequency peer: contrarie (-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 « contrariée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contrariée » 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).

contrariée vs contrario
80% similar
contrariée vs contrarier
80% similar
contrariée vs contrastée
80% similar

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

Key facts for contrariée
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrariée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\
Letters10
Frequency rank#34,954
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrariée »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contrariéese 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 « contrarie » (#34,953), « contrebalancer » (#34,955), « continuèrent » (#34,952). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contrariée » est au #34,954. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around contrariée (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,954 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin singulier de contrarié.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrariée, with forms such as "ccontrariée", "cnotrariée", and "conntrariée". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "contrario", "contrarier", "contrastée", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contrariée, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de contrarié.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontrariée
  • cnotrariée
  • conntrariée
  • conrtariée
  • contarriée
  • contrairée
  • contrariee
  • contrarieé
  • contrarriée
  • contraréie
  • contrraiée
  • contrrariée
  • conttrariée
  • cotnrariée
  • ocntrariée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontrariée1cnotrariée2conntrariée1conrtariée2contarriée2contrairée2contrariee1contrarieé2
Edit distance from "contrariée"

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 "contrariée"?
"contrariée" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\.
What does "contrariée" mean?
As an adjective, "contrariée" means: Féminin singulier de contrarié.
What words are commonly confused with "contrariée"?
"contrariée" is commonly confused with "contrario", "contrarier", "contrastée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrariée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrariée" is \kɔ̃.tʁa.ʁje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrariée" come from?
"contrariée" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

conviviale#34,957convoitise#34,958connecteur#34,949complainte#34,946

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

convoitises15 variantsBlackburn15 variantsexaminateur15 variantsexpliciter15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list