contrefous
\kɔ̃t.ʁə.fu\
The verdict
“contrefous” is uncommon French (frequency #89,558 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,558
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contrefoutre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrefous · contrefous · French
contrefous · rank #89,558 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,558
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contrecoups
Nearest frequency peer: contrecoups (-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 « contrefous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- consors
consors
10,447 corpus weight
- contrariées
contrariées
10,445 corpus weight
- contrecoups
contrecoups
10,444 corpus weight
- contrefous
contrefous
10,443 corpus weight
- Cordélia
Cordélia
10,442 corpus weight
- corrie
corrie
10,440 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrefous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrefous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t.ʁə.fu\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrefous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrefous is uncommon French at frequency #89,558 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃t.ʁə.fu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contrefous, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contrefous, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-F-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contrefoutre.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de contrefoutre.
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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