contre-oblique
\kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɔ.blik\
The verdict
“contre-oblique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de controblique, synonyme de barre oblique inversée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-oblique · contre-oblique · French
contre-oblique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 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-oblique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɔ.blik\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contre-oblique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁ‿ɔ.blik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de controblique, synonyme de barre oblique inversée.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contre-oblique, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contre-oblique, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---O-B-L-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de controblique, synonyme de barre oblique inversée.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contre-oblique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On retrouve exactement le même problème avec la définition des commentaires qui sont encadrés par une contre-oblique au début et une oblique à la fin : la contre-oblique est spécifiée par deux contre-obliques.
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.