contrecoups
\kɔ̃t.ʁə.ku\
The verdict
“contrecoups” is uncommon French (frequency #89,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,557
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de contrecoup.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrecoups · contrecoups · French
contrecoups · rank #89,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,557
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrariées
Nearest frequency peer: contrariées (-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 « contrecoups »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consors
consors
10,447 corpus weight
- contrariées
contrariées
10,445 corpus weight
- contrecoups
contrecoups
10,444 corpus weight
- contrefous
contrefous
10,443 corpus weight
- Cordélia
Cordélia
10,442 corpus weight
- corrie
corrie
10,440 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrecoups » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrecoups |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t.ʁə.ku\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #89,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrecoups » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrecoups is uncommon French at frequency #89,557 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃t.ʁə.ku\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de contrecoup.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contrecoups, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contrecoups, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-C-O-U-P-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de contrecoup.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contrecoups appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Enthousiaste de la “bricolothérapie”, vous aviez plein de ficelles en poche, y compris celle — précieuse — d’avoir le mode d’emploi de notre cher Docteur Haas : vous saviez très adroitement l’entourer et le protéger des contrecoups de sa propre passion soignante, car — oui —, monsieur Haas avait de rares mais fortes colères, uniquement lorsqu’il sentait s…
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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