contrée

\kɔ̃.tʁe\

/\kɔ̃.tʁe\/ noun

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The verdict

“contrée” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,487
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Certaine étendue de pays.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contree · contrée · French

contrée · rank #19,487 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,487
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constellation

Nearest frequency peer: constellation (-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 « contrée »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contrée » 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).

contrée vs Corée
57% similar
contrée vs cotée
71% similar
contrée vs contrer
71% similar

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

Key facts for contrée
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrée
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,487
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrée »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « constellation » (#19,486), « convaincante » (#19,488), « connotation » (#19,485). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contrée » est au #19,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around contrée (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁe\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,487 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrée, with forms such as "ccontrée", "cnotrée", and "conntrée". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Corée", "cotée", "contrer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contrée, spelled C-O-N-T-R-É-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Certaine étendue de pays.
  2. 2
    Lieu imaginaire.
  3. 3
    Belote contrée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un uniforme tapis de neige couvrait toute la contrée, et les traîneaux, enlevés par leurs rapides attelages, volaient sur cette couche durcie.
  2. Cette belle et suave contrée endort les douleurs et réveille les passions. Personne ne reste froid sous ce ciel pur, devant ces eaux scintillantes.

This word in other languages

land(English)comarca(Español)Bereich(Deutsch)região(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontrée
  • cnotrée
  • conntrée
  • conrtée
  • contree
  • contreé
  • contrrée
  • conttrée
  • contére
  • cotnrée
  • ocntrée

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrée - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccontrée1cnotrée2conntrée1conrtée2contree1contreé2contrrée1conttrée1
Edit distance from "contrée"

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 "contrée"?
"contrée" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-É-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁe\.
What does "contrée" mean?
As a noun, "contrée" means: Certaine étendue de pays.
What words are commonly confused with "contrée"?
"contrée" is commonly confused with "Corée", "cotée", "contrer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrée"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrée" is \kɔ̃.tʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrée" come from?
"contrée" 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 "contrée", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

convois#19,489confuse#19,484chômeur#19,479cratère#19,496

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

celtique11 variantscélibat11 variantsdansent11 variantscarapace11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list