contre-mesure
\kɔ̃.tʁə.mə.zyʁ\
The verdict
“contre-mesure” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Disposition prise pour s'opposer à une action, à un effet, à un événement, ou pour les prévenir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-mesure · contre-mesure · French
contre-mesure · 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-mesure |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.mə.zyʁ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contre-mesure » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contre-mesure is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.mə.zyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contre-mesure in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contre-mesure, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---M-E-S-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Disposition prise pour s'opposer à une action, à un effet, à un événement, ou pour les prévenir.
- 2Mesure préventive
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contre-mesure appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ni la milice ni la Gestapo ne sonnèrent la cloche du portail. Il est vrai que mon père, engagé tôt dans la Résistance — ce que j’ignorais alors —, avait pris d’autres contre-mesures après les grandes rafles de l’été 1942.
Plusieurs contre-mesures ont aussi été intégrées contre des failles de sécurité, notamment Retpoline de Google contre les attaques utilisant Spectre V2 (processeurs Intel).
This word in other languages
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.