contrebalancer

\kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\

/\kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\/ verb

By · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) ·

The verdict

“contrebalancer” has 22 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,955
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
22
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Égaler en poids de manière à faire équilibre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrebalancer · contrebalancer · French

contrebalancer · rank #34,955 · 22 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,955
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 22 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrariée

Nearest frequency peer: contrariée (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrebalancer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « contrebalancer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contrebalancer
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrebalancer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\
Letters14
Frequency rank#34,955
Misspellings tracked22
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrebalancer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contrebalancerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contrariée » (#34,954), « convaincants » (#34,956), « contrarie » (#34,953). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contrebalancer » est au #34,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 22 spelling variants around contrebalancer (IPA \kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #34,955 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrebalancer, with forms such as "ccontrebalancer", "cnotrebalancer", and "conntrebalancer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contrebalancer, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Égaler en poids de manière à faire équilibre.
  2. 2
    Égaler en force, en valeur, en mérite, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how contrebalancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Un poids qui en contrebalance un autre. Ces deux poids se contrebalancent.
  2. La nature a sur la matière vivante de tels droits, qu’il faut à l’homme des efforts incessants pour les contrebalancer.

This word in other languages

counterbalance(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontrebalancer
  • cnotrebalancer
  • conntrebalancer
  • conrtebalancer
  • conterbalancer
  • contrbealancer
  • contreablancer
  • contrebaalncer
  • contrebalacner
  • contrebalanccer
  • contrebalancerr
  • contrebalancre
  • contrebalanecr
  • contrebalanncer
  • contreballancer
  • contrebalnacer
  • contrebbalancer
  • contreblaancer
  • contrrebalancer
  • conttrebalancer
  • cotnrebalancer
  • ocntrebalancer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrebalancer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccontrebalancer1cnotrebalancer2conntrebalancer1conrtebalancer2conterbalancer2contrbealancer2contreablancer2contrebaalncer2
Edit distance from "contrebalancer"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrebalancer"?
"contrebalancer" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-B-A-L-A-N-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\.
What does "contrebalancer" mean?
As a verb, "contrebalancer" means: Égaler en poids de manière à faire équilibre.
What are common misspellings of "contrebalancer"?
Common misspellings include "ccontrebalancer", "cnotrebalancer", "conntrebalancer", "conrtebalancer", "conterbalancer". The correct spelling is "contrebalancer".
How do you pronounce "contrebalancer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrebalancer" is \kɔ̃t.ʁə.ba.lɑ̃.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrebalancer" come from?
"contrebalancer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contrebalancer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contestataires#34,951copropriétaire#34,961Biotechnologie#34,894anéantissement#34,863

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (22 here; floor ≥5).

disproportionné22 variantsbiotechnologies22 variantsméthodiquement22 variantsjournalistiques22 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list