contreplaqué

\kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\

/\kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\/ noun

The verdict

“contreplaqué” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,810. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,810
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contreplaque · contreplaqué · French

contreplaqué · rank #47,810 · 19 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,810
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contrariété

Nearest frequency peer: contrariété (-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 « contreplaqué »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contreplaqué » 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 contreplaqué
PropertyValue
Headwordcontreplaqué
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\
Letters12
Frequency rank#47,810
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contreplaqué »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contreplaquése 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 « contrariété » (#47,809), « convertibles » (#47,811), « contraceptifs » (#47,808). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contreplaqué » est au #47,810. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around contreplaqué (IPA \kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,810 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for contreplaqué, with forms such as "ccontreplaqué", "cnotreplaqué", and "conntreplaqué". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contreplaqué, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-L-A-Q-U-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’okoumé, dont on fait le contreplaqué, reste une importante source de devises.
  2. Le marché du contreplaqué de peuplier est en hausse durable, l’emballage léger en bois (cagettes, caisses à fromages, bourriches…) répond de façon moderne à une tendance lourde de mieux consommer, et de nouvelles perspectives s’ouvrent pour le sciage de peuplier.

Synonyms

lamibois

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontreplaqué
  • cnotreplaqué
  • conntreplaqué
  • conrteplaqué
  • conterplaqué
  • contrelpaqué
  • contrepalqué
  • contreplaqqué
  • contreplaque
  • contreplaqéu
  • contreplauqé
  • contrepllaqué
  • contreplqaué
  • contrepplaqué
  • contrpelaqué
  • contrreplaqué
  • conttreplaqué
  • cotnreplaqué
  • ocntreplaqué

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contreplaqué - 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.

ccontreplaqué1cnotreplaqué2conntreplaqué1conrteplaqué2conterplaqué2contrelpaqué2contrepalqué2contreplaqqué1
Edit distance from "contreplaqué"

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 "contreplaqué"?
"contreplaqué" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E-P-L-A-Q-U-É. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\.
What does "contreplaqué" mean?
As a noun, "contreplaqué" means: Superposition de plaques de bois déroulé, alternées et collées perpendiculairement l’une à l’autre.
What are common misspellings of "contreplaqué"?
Common misspellings include "ccontreplaqué", "cnotreplaqué", "conntreplaqué", "conrteplaqué", "conterplaqué". The correct spelling is "contreplaqué".
How do you pronounce "contreplaqué"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contreplaqué" is \kɔ̃.tʁə.pla.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contreplaqué" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list