Contre-Réforme
\kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.fɔʁm\
The verdict
“Contre-Réforme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper 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) - Effort d’élaboration doctrinale et de restauration des disciplines qui se produisit dans l’Église catholique romaine en opposition au mouvement de la Réforme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-reforme · Contre-Réforme · French
Contre-Réforme · 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-Réforme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.fɔʁm\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Contre-Réforme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.fɔʁm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Effort d’élaboration doctrinale et de restauration des disciplines qui se produisit dans l’Église catholique romaine en opposition au mouvement de la Réforme.".
Contre-Réforme has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Contre-Réforme, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---R-É-F-O-R-M-E.
Definition
- 1Effort d’élaboration doctrinale et de restauration des disciplines qui se produisit dans l’Église catholique romaine en opposition au mouvement de la Réforme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Contre-Réforme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans l’art espagnol, après l’exubérance du plateresque, l’idéal classique renaissance coexiste sous les Habsbourg avec les tendances maniéristes que fera disparaître l’esprit austère de la Contre-Réforme.
Pour l’essentiel, les Gâtineaux se situent dans la norme catholique en observant et respectant massivement les grands préceptes de l’Église de la Contre-Réforme.
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.