contumélie
\kɔ̃.ty.me.li\
The verdict
“contumélie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outrage, affront.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contumelie · contumélie · French
contumélie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contumélie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ty.me.li\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contumélie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contumélie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \kɔ̃.ty.me.li\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Outrage, affront.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contumélie in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contumélie, spelled C-O-N-T-U-M-É-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Outrage, affront.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contumélie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sans mentir et sans se leurrer aussi, il pouvait, en toute sécurité, s’écrier ; « Seigneur, j’ai aimé la beauté de votre maison et le lieu où habite votre gloire. » C’était la seule compensation qu’il pût proposer au Père, de ses contumélies et de ses mésaises, de ses écarts et de ses chutes.
Cf. encore, extraites du même journal (non ménager, du reste, en inévitables contumélies contre les « marines » ou les « marchands de canons ») ces quelques phrases non partisanes :[…].
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.