contravention

\kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“contravention” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,246
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de contrevenir à une loi, à une ordonnance, à un règlement, à un décret ou à un contrat qu’on a fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contravention · contravention · French

contravention · rank #19,246 · 20 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,246
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH coquilles

Nearest frequency peer: coquilles (+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 « contravention »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contravention » 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).

contravention vs contraventions
93% similar
contravention vs contraception
85% similar

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

Key facts for contravention
PropertyValue
Headwordcontravention
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#19,246
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contravention »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contraventionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « coquilles » (#19,247), « couplet » (#19,248), « constatant » (#19,243). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contravention » est au #19,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around contravention (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,246 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for contravention, with forms such as "ccontravention", "cnotravention", and "conntravention". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contraventions", "contraception", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 contravention, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de contrevenir à une loi, à une ordonnance, à un règlement, à un décret ou à un contrat qu’on a fait.
  2. 2
    Dans la législation pénale, action de contrevenir aux règlements de police ; par opposition aux délits et aux crimes.
  3. 3
    Procès-verbal fait par la police de cet acte contraire aux règlements, en particulier le code de la route, auquel est souvent jointe une injonction de payer.
  4. 4
    Amende versée à la police.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how contravention appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. C’est une contravention manifeste au traité de paix, au contrat, à l’acte de société que nous avons fait ensemble.
  2. — La quantité que vous avez là, dit le pharmacien, ne peut pas causer d’accidents ; cependant je suis en contravention avec la loi, car enfin, en allant chez plusieurs pharmaciens et en réunissant ainsi beaucoup de petites quantités, on finirait par en faire une grande.

Synonyms

timbre-amendecontredansepapillonprunePVcontredanse

This word in other languages

parking ticket(English)contravención(Español)Knöllchen(Deutsch)contravenção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontravention
  • cnotravention
  • conntravention
  • conrtavention
  • contarvention
  • contraevntion
  • contraveniton
  • contravenntion
  • contraventino
  • contraventionn
  • contraventoin
  • contraventtion
  • contravetnion
  • contravnetion
  • contravvention
  • contrravention
  • contrvaention
  • conttravention
  • cotnravention
  • ocntravention

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contravention - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontravention1cnotravention2conntravention1conrtavention2contarvention2contraevntion2contraveniton2contravenntion1
Edit distance from "contravention"

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 "contravention"?
"contravention" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "contravention" mean?
As a noun, "contravention" means: Action de contrevenir à une loi, à une ordonnance, à un règlement, à un décret ou à un contrat qu’on a fait.
What words are commonly confused with "contravention"?
"contravention" is commonly confused with "contraventions", "contraception". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contravention"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contravention" is \kɔ̃.tʁa.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contravention" come from?
"contravention" 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 "contravention", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

comprendront20 variantsjournalistique20 variantsinconsciemment20 variantsentertainment20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list