contumace

\kɔ̃.ty.mas\

/\kɔ̃.ty.mas\/ adj

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The verdict

“contumace” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,882. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,882
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’est soustrait par la fuite aux recherches de la justice et auquel on fait son procès sans qu’il ait comparu, sauf à le juger de nouveau s’il se présente en temps utile.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contumace · contumace · French

contumace · rank #35,882 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,882
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contremaître

Nearest frequency peer: contremaître (-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 « contumace »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contumace » 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 contumace
PropertyValue
Headwordcontumace
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.ty.mas\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,882
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contumace »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contumacese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contremaître » (#35,881), « contrefaçons » (#35,880), « conçoivent » (#35,884). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contumace » est au #35,882. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contumace (IPA \kɔ̃.ty.mas\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,882 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui s’est soustrait par la fuite aux recherches de la justice et auquel on fait son procès sans qu’il ait comparu, sauf à le juger de nouveau s’il se présente en temps utile.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contumace, with forms such as "ccontumace", "cnotumace", and "conntumace". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contumace, spelled C-O-N-T-U-M-A-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui s’est soustrait par la fuite aux recherches de la justice et auquel on fait son procès sans qu’il ait comparu, sauf à le juger de nouveau s’il se présente en temps utile.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. La culpabilité des sept instruments du crime, de Cibot, Lisieux, Grenier, Bruce, Horeau, Cabot, Minard, est évidente ; elle ressort des aveux de ceux d’entre eux qui sont sous la main de la justice, car Lisieux est mort pendant l’instruction, et Bruce est contumace.

This word in other languages

contumacious(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontumace
  • cnotumace
  • conntumace
  • contmuace
  • conttumace
  • contuamce
  • contumacce
  • contumaec
  • contumcae
  • contummace
  • conutmace
  • cotnumace
  • ocntumace

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontumace1cnotumace2conntumace1contmuace2conttumace1contuamce2contumacce1contumaec2
Edit distance from "contumace"

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 "contumace"?
"contumace" is spelled C-O-N-T-U-M-A-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ty.mas\.
What does "contumace" mean?
As an adjective, "contumace" means: Qui s’est soustrait par la fuite aux recherches de la justice et auquel on fait son procès sans qu’il ait comparu, sauf à le juger de nouveau s’il se présente en temps utile.
What are common misspellings of "contumace"?
Common misspellings include "ccontumace", "cnotumace", "conntumace", "contmuace", "conttumace". The correct spelling is "contumace".
How do you pronounce "contumace"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contumace" is \kɔ̃.ty.mas\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contumace" come from?
"contumace" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

consulats#35,877consolide#35,875célébrons#35,892débusquer#35,906

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Conflans13 variantsdissection13 variantsdébarasser13 variantschagrins13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list