contrat

/\kɔ̃.tʁa\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#919

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

contrat is aFrenchnoun. It means: Convention (même non écrite) entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, plus précisément entre un ou plusieurs créanciers et un ou plusieurs débiteurs, ayant pour effet de créer entre elles une obligation ... Pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁa\. It ranks #919 in French word frequency. Often confused with contre and contrer.

Key facts for contrat
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrat
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa\
Letters7
Frequency rank#919
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contrat is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁa\. Corpus data places it at rank #919 in overall French word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for contrat, with forms such as "ccontrat", "cnotrat", and "conntrat". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "contre", "contrer", "control", and more, 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 contrat, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Convention (même non écrite) entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, plus précisément entre un ou plusieurs créanciers et un ou plusieurs débiteurs, ayant pour effet de créer entre elles une obligation (obligation conventionnelle).
  2. 2
    Convention (même non écrite) entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, plus précisément entre un ou plusieurs créanciers et un ou plusieurs débiteurs, ayant pour effet de créer entre elles une obligation (obligation conventionnelle).
  3. 3
    Acte qui enregistre cette convention.
  4. 4
    Commande visant à faire assassiner quelqu'un.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrat,cnotrat,conntrat,conrtat,contart,contratt,contrrat,contrta,conttrat,cotnrat,ocntrat

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contrat

Misspelling Variants of "contrat"

ccontrat8cnotrat7conntrat8conrtat7contart7contratt8contrrat8contrta7
Misspelling Variants of "contrat"

Frequency rank: #919 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrat"?
"contrat" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa\.
What does "contrat" mean?
As a noun, "contrat" means: Convention (même non écrite) entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, plus précisément entre un ou plusieurs créanciers et un ou plusieurs débiteurs, ayant pour effet de créer entre elles une obligation ...
What words are commonly confused with "contrat"?
"contrat" is commonly confused with "contre", "contrer", "control". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrat"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrat" is \kɔ̃.tʁa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrat" come from?
"contrat" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our French index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.