contrepédaler

\kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\/ verb

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de rétropédaler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrepedaler · contrepédaler · French

contrepédaler · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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 contrepédaler
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrepédaler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « contrepédaler » en français

contrepédalern'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

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

Rare enough to double-check

contrepédaler is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de rétropédaler.".

contrepédaler doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contrepédaler, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-É-D-A-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Synonyme de rétropédaler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Jewey Jacobs, à la place immédiatement devant moi et les genoux à un yard de mes genoux, reliés par les tiges d’aluminium ; Jewey Jacobs qui allait avec une vigueur fantastique depuis le départ, si bien qu’il donnait des à-coups propres à accélérer intempestivement le train prescrit par notre tableau de marche, et que j’avais dû le contrepédaler à diverse…
  2. Roue libre permettant au cycliste de contrepédaler par la seule action des pieds.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrepédaler"?
"contrepédaler" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-É-D-A-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\.
What does "contrepédaler" mean?
As a verb, "contrepédaler" means: Synonyme de rétropédaler.
How do you pronounce "contrepédaler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrepédaler" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.pe.da.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrepédaler" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list