contredanse
\kɔ̃.tʁə.dɑ̃s\
The verdict
“contredanse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de danse composée de figures qui s’exécute ordinairement à huit personnes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contredanse · contredanse · French
contredanse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | contredanse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.dɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contredanse » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contredanse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.dɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contredanse in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contredanse, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-D-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1Sorte de danse composée de figures qui s’exécute ordinairement à huit personnes.
- 2Air de contredanse.
- 3Contravention (ans les sens de « procès verbal » et « d’amende »).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contredanse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Me ferez-vous l’honneur de danser cette contredanse avec moi, mademoiselle ?
— Monsieur Leuwen, lui dit-elle de loin, je vous demande de danser avec moi la première contredanse. « C’est charmant, se dit Lucien, et voilà ce qu’on n’oserait pas se permettre à Paris. Réellement, ces pays étrangers ont du bon ; ces gens-ci sont moins timides que nous. »
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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.