contrefait
\kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\
The verdict
“contrefait” is uncommon French (frequency #62,166 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,166
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est difforme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrefait · contrefait · French
contrefait · rank #62,166 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,166
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contracture
Nearest frequency peer: contracture (-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 « contrefait »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Constantino…
Constantinois
37,838 corpus weight
- consœur
consœur
37,837 corpus weight
- contracture
contracture
37,836 corpus weight
- contrefait
contrefait
37,835 corpus weight
- convalescent
convalescent
37,834 corpus weight
- copeau
copeau
37,833 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrefait » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrefait |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,166 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrefait » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrefait is uncommon French at frequency #62,166 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
contrefait doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contrefait, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-F-A-I-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est difforme.
- 2Qui est l’imitation d’une marque.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrefait appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un enfant de dix ans au plus, très-petit, l’air fin, mais maladif, boiteux et un peu contrefait, vint rejoindre Bras-Rouge, auquel il ressemblait d’une manière si frappante qu’on ne pouvait le méconnaître pour son fils.
Oui, j’ai connu, jadis, certain Stanislas. C’était un tout petit homme contrefait.
This word in other languages
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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