contrebassiste
\kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.sist\
The verdict
“contrebassiste” is uncommon French (frequency #55,167 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,167
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui joue de la contrebasse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrebassiste · contrebassiste · French
contrebassiste · rank #55,167 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,167
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contingence
Nearest frequency peer: contingence (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « contrebassiste »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consignation
consignation
44,837 corpus weight
- construise
construise
44,836 corpus weight
- contingence
contingence
44,835 corpus weight
- contrebassi…
contrebassiste
44,834 corpus weight
- contribuait
contribuait
44,833 corpus weight
- convoyeurs
convoyeurs
44,832 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrebassiste » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrebassiste |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.sist\ |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #55,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrebassiste » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrebassiste is uncommon French at frequency #55,167 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.ba.sist\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui joue de la contrebasse.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contrebassiste, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contrebassiste, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-B-A-S-S-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Personne qui joue de la contrebasse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrebassiste appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Parfois le pianiste et le contrebassiste tombaient en panne. Ça ne marchait plus que sur un seul moteur, qui s’emballait pendant quelques secondes. Puis le pianiste écrasait son mégot dans une soucoupe, il crachait un bon coup dans ses mains (ou quelque chose d’approchant), et il se remettait à sarcler dans ses notes. Tout rentrait dans l’ordre.
Je ne me suis pas retrouvé contrebassiste parce que je l’avais décidé. Plutôt comme la jeune fille se retrouve enceinte : par hasard.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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