contre-révolution
\kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“contre-révolution” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Réaction politique qui cherche à détruire les résultats de celle qui l’a précédée.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-revolution · contre-révolution · French
contre-révolution · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-7 7 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-révolution |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contre-révolution is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe.vɔ.ly.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for contre-révolution in our index, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contre-révolution, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---R-É-V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Réaction politique qui cherche à détruire les résultats de celle qui l’a précédée.
- 2Mouvement qui tend à annuler la Révolution française.
- 3Changement inverse d’une révolution.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contre-révolution appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce religieux, se disant envoyé, par Ferdinand, avait formé, de concert avec plusieurs autres Espagnols, un plan régulier de contre-révolution, au nom de « l’Espagne et de la Religion ».
Une sérieuse contre-révolution qui se mijote de l’autre côté, mais qui, malheureusement, possède d’importantes ramifications en France…
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.