contredit

/\kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,346

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

contredit is aFrenchnoun. It means: Affirmation que l’on oppose contre ce qui a été dit. Pronounced \kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\. Often confused with contredis and contredire.

Key facts for contredit
PropertyValue
Headwordcontredit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,346
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contredit in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contredit is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\. Corpus data places it at rank #12,346 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for contredit, with forms such as "ccontredit", "cnotredit", and "conntredit". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contredis", "contredire", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is contredit, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-D-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Affirmation que l’on oppose contre ce qui a été dit.
  2. 2
    En procédure civile française, voie de recours ouverte contre une décision de justice portant sur la compétence.
  3. 3
    Les pièces que l’on fournit en opposition à celles de la partie adverse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontredit,cnotredit,conntredit,conrtedit,conterdit,contrdeit,contreddit,contreditt,contredti,contreidt,contrredit,conttredit,cotnredit,ocntredit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contredit

Misspelling Variants of "contredit"

ccontredit10cnotredit9conntredit10conrtedit9conterdit9contrdeit9contreddit10contreditt10
Misspelling Variants of "contredit"

Frequency rank: #12,346 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contredit"?
"contredit" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\.
What does "contredit" mean?
As a noun, "contredit" means: Affirmation que l’on oppose contre ce qui a été dit.
What words are commonly confused with "contredit"?
"contredit" is commonly confused with "contredis", "contredire". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contredit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contredit" is \kɔ̃t.ʁə.di\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contredit" come from?
"contredit" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.