contrat de travail

\kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\

/\kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\/ noun

The verdict

“contrat de travail” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
18
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Accord par lequel une personne, le salarié, s’engage à fournir un travail sous la conduite et la direction d’une autre, l’employeur, en échange d’une rémunération, le salaire.

Key facts for contrat de travail
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrat de travail
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “contrat de travail” sits in French frequency

contrat de travail falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contrat de travail is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for contrat de travail in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is contrat de travail, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accord par lequel une personne, le salarié, s’engage à fournir un travail sous la conduite et la direction d’une autre, l’employeur, en échange d’une rémunération, le salaire.
  2. 2
    Document signé par l’employeur et la personne salariée où sont rédigées les spécifications de l’accord conclu en vue de l’exercice d’un emploi dans le cadre du droit du travail.

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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrat de travail"?
"contrat de travail" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\.
What does "contrat de travail" mean?
As a noun, "contrat de travail" means: Accord par lequel une personne, le salarié, s’engage à fournir un travail sous la conduite et la direction d’une autre, l’employeur, en échange d’une rémunération, le salaire.
How do you pronounce "contrat de travail"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrat de travail" is \kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrat de travail" come from?
"contrat de travail" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “contrat de travail”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-T- -D-E- -T-R-A-V-A-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁa də tʁa.vaj\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list