contredire

\kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“contredire” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,759. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,759
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Opposer à ce que quelqu’un vient de dire une affirmation absolument contraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contredire · contredire · French

contredire · rank #13,759 · 15 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,759
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH confronter

Nearest frequency peer: confronter (-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 « contredire »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contredire » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contredire vs contredit
80% similar
contredire vs contredis
80% similar
contredire vs contraire
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contredire
PropertyValue
Headwordcontredire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,759
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contredire »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « confronter » (#13,758), « conventionnelle » (#13,760), « compliquées » (#13,757). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contredire » est au #13,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around contredire (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,759 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for contredire, with forms such as "ccontredire", "cnotredire", and "conntredire". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contredit", "contredis", "contraire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contredire, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-D-I-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Opposer à ce que quelqu’un vient de dire une affirmation absolument contraire.
  2. 2
    Le complément du verbe, au lieu de désigner la personne en question, peut désigner ce qu’elle affirme.
  3. 3
    Opposer des pièces à celles de la partie adverse.
  4. 4
    Mettre en état d’opposition. Se dit des choses aussi bien que des personnes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les théories alternatives n’ont pas à être cohérentes et peuvent même se contredire les unes les autres sur certains points. Elles reposent sur des anomalies, prétendument inexplicables, qui laissent planer un doute sur certains aspects de la version officielle.
  2. Le diable soit de la parole de ton grand—père ! — Mon grand—père a bien agi, et si je l’avais contredit, j’aurais été une sans-cœur.

This word in other languages

contradict(English)contradecir(Español)widersprechen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontredire
  • cnotredire
  • conntredire
  • conrtedire
  • conterdire
  • contrdeire
  • contreddire
  • contredier
  • contredirre
  • contredrie
  • contreidre
  • contrredire
  • conttredire
  • cotnredire
  • ocntredire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contredire - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontredire1cnotredire2conntredire1conrtedire2conterdire2contrdeire2contreddire1contredier2
Edit distance from "contredire"

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 "contredire"?
"contredire" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-D-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\.
What does "contredire" mean?
As a verb, "contredire" means: Opposer à ce que quelqu’un vient de dire une affirmation absolument contraire.
What words are commonly confused with "contredire"?
"contredire" is commonly confused with "contredit", "contredis", "contraire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contredire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contredire" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.diʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contredire" come from?
"contredire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

confronter#13,758courtoisie#13,761compliquer#13,756commencera#13,751

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Camerounais15 variantsextensions15 variantsfinlandais15 variantsintégrant15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list