contrefaits
\kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\
The verdict
“contrefaits” is uncommon French (frequency #53,228 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,228
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de contrefait.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrefaits · contrefaits · French
contrefaits · rank #53,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,228
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH constitutionn…
Nearest frequency peer: constitutionnellement (-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 « contrefaits »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conserveront
conserveront
46,776 corpus weight
- consolidées
consolidées
46,775 corpus weight
- constitutio…
constitutionnellement
46,774 corpus weight
- contrefaits
contrefaits
46,773 corpus weight
- contribuère…
contribuèrent
46,772 corpus weight
- Copacabana
Copacabana
46,771 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrefaits » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrefaits |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrefaits » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrefaits is uncommon French at frequency #53,228 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.fɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Masculin pluriel de contrefait.".
contrefaits doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contrefaits, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-F-A-I-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de contrefait.
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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