contrit
\kɔ̃t.ʁi\
The verdict
“contrit” is uncommon French (frequency #93,631 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,631
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui se repent amèrement et prend la ferme résolution de ne plus offenser Dieu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contrit · contrit · French
contrit · rank #93,631 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,631
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH contamines
Nearest frequency peer: contamines (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « contrit »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- conseilleri…
conseilleriez
6,373 corpus weight
- consider
consider
6,372 corpus weight
- contamines
contamines
6,371 corpus weight
- contrit
contrit
6,370 corpus weight
- convergeaie…
convergeaient
6,369 corpus weight
- convoler
convoler
6,368 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contrit » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t.ʁi\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,631 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contrit » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contrit is uncommon French at frequency #93,631 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃t.ʁi\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for contrit in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contrit, spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-T.
Definition
- 1Qui se repent amèrement et prend la ferme résolution de ne plus offenser Dieu.
- 2Confus, penaud.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il était bien contrit de son indiscrétion, de sa maladresse.
Il a un air tout contrit.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).