contre
\kɔ̃tʁ\
The verdict
“contre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #109. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #109
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En opposition à ; dans un choc avec ; à l’encontre de.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre · contre · French
contre · rank #109 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #109
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH bon
Nearest frequency peer: bon (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “contre”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- toujours
toujours
99,895 corpus weight
- voir
voir
99,894 corpus weight
- bon
bon
99,893 corpus weight
- contre
contre
99,892 corpus weight
- votre
votre
99,891 corpus weight
- avant
avant
99,890 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “contre” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | \kɔ̃tʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #109 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “contre” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around contre (IPA \kɔ̃tʁ\), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #109 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for contre, with forms such as "ccontre", "cnotre", and "conntre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "côte", "core", "coûte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contre, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1En opposition à ; dans un choc avec ; à l’encontre de.
- 2Malgré, sans avoir égard à ; en dépit de.
- 3Auprès de, proche de, à côté de.
- 4À comparer avec. Note : s’emploie uniquement pour établir un contraste entre des chiffres.
- 5Indique le rapport entre une somme misée et le gain escompté en cas de réussite.
- 6En échange de
- 7Indique une direction.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mettez-vous en garde contre ces belles promesses, elles cachent souvent la plus infame des tromperies.
Ce ne sont que des rochers à pic contre lesquels la mer se brise avec fureur : les vents et les vagues les ont façonnés en pyramides, en tours, en cavernes, en arcades; d'innombrables oiseaux de mer animent le paysage.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontre
- cnotre
- conntre
- conrte
- contrre
- conttre
- cotnre
- ocntre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contre - 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contre", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "contre". Here's where to go from here.
- "contre" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "côte". View pair
- 8 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #109 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "C" letter cohort. C–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.