contre-foutre
\kɔ̃.tʁə.futʁ\
The verdict
“contre-foutre” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de contrefoutre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-foutre · contre-foutre · French
contre-foutre · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 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-foutre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.futʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contre-foutre is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.futʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de contrefoutre.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contre-foutre in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contre-foutre, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---F-O-U-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de contrefoutre.
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.