contrecœur
\kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\
The verdict
“contrecœur” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #42,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,246
- frequency rank, French
- 257,141
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mur formant le fond du foyer d’une cheminée, taque ornant cette paroi.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrecœur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #42,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contrecœur” sits in French frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around contrecœur (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,246 among 257,141 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrecœur, with forms such as "ccontrecœur", "cnotrecœur", and "conntrecœur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contrecoup", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contrecœur, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-C-Œ-U-R.
Definition
- 1Mur formant le fond du foyer d’une cheminée, taque ornant cette paroi.
- 2Chacune des parois des deux côtés d’une cheminée.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontrecœur
- cnotrecœur
- conntrecœur
- conrtecœur
- contercœur
- contrceœur
- contreccœur
- contrecuœr
- contrecœru
- contrecœurr
- contreœcur
- contrrecœur
- conttrecœur
- cotnrecœur
- ocntrecœur
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrecœur - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “contrecœur”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-R-E-C-Œ-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃.tʁə.kœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “contrecoup” - see the side-by-side comparison. contrecœur vs contrecoup
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.