contremaître

\kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“contremaître” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,881
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ouvrier qui dirige et surveille les autres ouvriers dans un atelier, sur un chantier, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contremaitre · contremaître · French

contremaître · rank #35,881 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,881
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrefaçons

Nearest frequency peer: contrefaçons (-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 « contremaître »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contremaître » 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
Key facts for contremaître
PropertyValue
Headwordcontremaître
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#35,881
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contremaître »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contrefaçons » (#35,880), « contumace » (#35,882), « contentera » (#35,879). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contremaître » est au #35,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around contremaître (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,881 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ouvrier qui dirige et surveille les autres ouvriers dans un atelier, sur un chantier, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for contremaître, with forms such as "ccontremaître", "cnotremaître", and "conntremaître". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contremaître, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-M-A-Î-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ouvrier qui dirige et surveille les autres ouvriers dans un atelier, sur un chantier, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le contremaître est le patron de l'atelier pendant huit heures.

Synonyms

contrecoupforemanporion

This word in other languages

foreman(English)capataz(Español)Vorarbeiter(Deutsch)capataz(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontremaître
  • cnotremaître
  • conntremaître
  • conrtemaître
  • contermaître
  • contreamître
  • contremaitre
  • contrematîre
  • contremaîrte
  • contremaîter
  • contremaîtrre
  • contremaîttre
  • contremmaître
  • contremîatre
  • contrmeaître
  • contrremaître
  • conttremaître
  • cotnremaître
  • ocntremaître

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contremaître - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccontremaître1cnotremaître2conntremaître1conrtemaître2contermaître2contreamître2contremaitre1contrematîre2
Edit distance from "contremaître"

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 "contremaître"?
"contremaître" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-M-A-Î-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\.
What does "contremaître" mean?
As a noun, "contremaître" means: Ouvrier qui dirige et surveille les autres ouvriers dans un atelier, sur un chantier, etc.
What are common misspellings of "contremaître"?
Common misspellings include "ccontremaître", "cnotremaître", "conntremaître", "conrtemaître", "contermaître". The correct spelling is "contremaître".
How do you pronounce "contremaître"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contremaître" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.mɛtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contremaître" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contremaître", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contrefaçons#35,880constructifs#35,876conciergerie#35,867chimiquement#35,858

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

deviendraient19 variantsdiagnostiquée19 variantsencourageants19 variantssoulèvements19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list