contrattaque
\kɔ̃.tʁa.tak\
The verdict
“contrattaque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Controffensive opérée sur un champ de bataille par des troupes attaquées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrattaque · contrattaque · French
contrattaque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrattaque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁa.tak\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contrattaque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁa.tak\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
contrattaque has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is contrattaque, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-T-A-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Controffensive opérée sur un champ de bataille par des troupes attaquées.
- 2Réplique, riposte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrattaque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De violentes contrattaques ont enrayé la progression des troupes onusiennes.
Notre équipe dominait largement quand, sur une contrattaque adverse, elle encaissa un essai, c’est ça le rugby !
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.