contre-tirage
\kɔ̃.tʁə.ti.ʁaʒ\
The verdict
“contre-tirage” 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) - Dans une cheminée, mouvement d'air et de fumées du haut vers le bas, provoquant un retour des fumées dans la pièce.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contre-tirage · contre-tirage · French
contre-tirage · 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-tirage |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.ti.ʁaʒ\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contre-tirage » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contre-tirage is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.ti.ʁaʒ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dans une cheminée, mouvement d'air et de fumées du haut vers le bas, provoquant un retour des fumées dans la pièce.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contre-tirage, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contre-tirage, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E---T-I-R-A-G-E.
Definition
- 1Dans une cheminée, mouvement d'air et de fumées du haut vers le bas, provoquant un retour des fumées dans la pièce.
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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.