contre-pédaler
\kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\
The verdict
“contre-pédaler” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - Synonyme de rétropédaler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-pedaler · contre-pédaler · French
contre-pédaler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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-pédaler |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contre-pédaler » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contre-pédaler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de rétropédaler.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contre-pédaler in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contre-pédaler, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---P-É-D-A-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de rétropédaler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contre-pédaler appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il fait aussi profiter le cycliste de toutes les accélérations positives que tend à acquérir la machine sous l’action des irrégularités du sol, l’appareil d’entraînement se débrayant instantanément lorsque la vitesse de la machine tend à dépasser celle de l’arbre pédalier, de sorte que le cavalier n’est plus exposé à contre-pédaler malgré lui, lorsque sa…
L’homme récalcitrait, contre-pédalait, grippait.
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.