contrejour

\kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“contrejour” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante orthographique de contre-jour.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrejour · contrejour · French

contrejour · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for contrejour
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrejour
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “contrejour” sits in French frequency

contrejour falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contrejour is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de contre-jour.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contrejour, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contrejour, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-J-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante orthographique de contre-jour.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrejour"?
"contrejour" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-J-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\.
What does "contrejour" mean?
As a noun, "contrejour" means: Variante orthographique de contre-jour.
How do you pronounce "contrejour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrejour" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrejour" come from?
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list