contrepartie

\kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\/ noun

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The verdict

“contrepartie” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,829
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Compensation dans un accord, un pacte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrepartie · contrepartie · French

contrepartie · rank #8,829 · 18 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,829
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conservatoire

Nearest frequency peer: conservatoire (-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 « contrepartie »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contrepartie » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contrepartie vs contreparties
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contrepartie
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrepartie
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\
Letters12
Frequency rank#8,829
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrepartie »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conservatoire » (#8,828), « controverse » (#8,830), « conquérir » (#8,827). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contrepartie » est au #8,829. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around contrepartie (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,829 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrepartie, with forms such as "ccontrepartie", "cnotrepartie", and "conntrepartie". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contreparties", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contrepartie, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-A-R-T-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Compensation dans un accord, un pacte.
  2. 2
    Effet second, conséquence négative d’un premier fait.
  3. 3
    Ce qui fait équilibre à une première chose, ce qui contrebalance.
  4. 4
    Opinion qui s’oppose à une autre et la complète.
  5. 5
    Partie adverse.
  6. 6
    Celle des deux parties d’un morceau qui forme une opposition à l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En contrepartie, Jérôme avait promis de repeindre le petit salon et d’y réinstaller la double suspension de laiton aux globes d’opaline, très années 50, qui se trouvait encore là-haut.
  2. Il appartenait à cette noblesse libérale qui a trouvé plus commode d’abandonner ses droits que d’exercer les devoirs dont ils étaient la contrepartie.

This word in other languages

quid pro quo(English)Pflicht(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontrepartie
  • cnotrepartie
  • conntrepartie
  • conrtepartie
  • conterpartie
  • contreaprtie
  • contreparite
  • contreparrtie
  • contrepartei
  • contreparttie
  • contrepatrie
  • contreppartie
  • contrepratie
  • contrpeartie
  • contrrepartie
  • conttrepartie
  • cotnrepartie
  • ocntrepartie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrepartie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontrepartie1cnotrepartie2conntrepartie1conrtepartie2conterpartie2contreaprtie2contreparite2contreparrtie1
Edit distance from "contrepartie"

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 "contrepartie"?
"contrepartie" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-A-R-T-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\.
What does "contrepartie" mean?
As a noun, "contrepartie" means: Compensation dans un accord, un pacte.
What words are commonly confused with "contrepartie"?
"contrepartie" is commonly confused with "contreparties". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrepartie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrepartie" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrepartie" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

francophonie#8,856représentait#8,768regroupement#8,767reconstruire#8,766

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

illustrations18 variantsprélèvement18 variantspréliminaire18 variantssignificatif18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list