contre-poison
\kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃\
The verdict
“contre-poison” 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) - Substance qui est peu nuisible ou qui ne l’est pas à l’économie, et qui, ingérée dans les voies digestives, y neutralise le poison de la même façon qu’elle ferait dans un vase de laboratoire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-poison · contre-poison · French
contre-poison · 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-poison |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contre-poison » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contre-poison is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.pwa.zɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contre-poison in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contre-poison, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---P-O-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Substance qui est peu nuisible ou qui ne l’est pas à l’économie, et qui, ingérée dans les voies digestives, y neutralise le poison de la même façon qu’elle ferait dans un vase de laboratoire.
- 2Remède.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contre-poison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il donnait du contre-poison à ce pauvre mari.
Elle prit du contre-poison qu’une vieille femme lui avait fourni.
Synonyms
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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.