contre-argument
\kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“contre-argument” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Argument construit pour s’opposer à un raisonnement, à un argument donné par quelqu’un d’autre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-argument · contre-argument · French
contre-argument · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 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 | contre-argument |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “contre-argument” se place dans la fréquence du français
Rare enough to double-check
contre-argument is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁaʁ.ɡy.mɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Argument construit pour s’opposer à un raisonnement, à un argument donné par quelqu’un d’autre.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contre-argument, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 contre-argument, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---A-R-G-U-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Argument construit pour s’opposer à un raisonnement, à un argument donné par quelqu’un d’autre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contre-argument appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contre cette position, Malebranche répond par le contre-argument mentionné plus haut et affirme que dans la situation contre-factuelle « Dieu ne serait point trompeur ».
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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.
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