contraster
\kɔ̃.tʁas.te\
The verdict
“contraster” is uncommon French (frequency #72,217 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,217
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être en contraste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contraster · contraster · French
contraster · rank #72,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,217
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrariétés
Nearest frequency peer: contrariétés (-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 « contraster »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- contenteront
contenteront
27,787 corpus weight
- continuités
continuités
27,786 corpus weight
- contrariétés
contrariétés
27,785 corpus weight
- contraster
contraster
27,784 corpus weight
- contreras
contreras
27,783 corpus weight
- copiez
copiez
27,782 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contraster » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraster |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁas.te\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #72,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contraster » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contraster is uncommon French at frequency #72,217 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁas.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contraster, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contraster, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être en contraste.
- 2Mettre en contraste.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contraster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cette stérilité contraste avec les nombreuses touffes de retems et de verdure qui croissent dans le lit de la vallée.
Les pentes vertes du mont San Giachinno, au Sud de l’île, contrastaient étrangement avec la partie Nord, hérissée de petits cônes volcaniques et presque entièrement dépourvue de végétation.
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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