contre-indication
\kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“contre-indication” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indication qui est contraire à l’emploi de tel ou tel moyen médical qui paraissait indiqué.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contre-indication |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contre-indication” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for contre-indication is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɛ̃.di.ka.sjɔ̃\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indication qui est contraire à l’emploi de tel ou tel moyen médical qui paraissait indiqué.".
contre-indication doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 contre-indication, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Indication qui est contraire à l’emploi de tel ou tel moyen médical qui paraissait indiqué.
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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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Using “contre-indication”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-E---I-N-D-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.