jusqu’à preuve du contraire
\ʒys.k‿a pʁœv dy kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ\
The verdict
“jusqu’à preuve du contraire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 27
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Jusqu'à ce qu'une nouvelle proposition prouve le contraire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-jusqu-a-preuve-du-contra · jusqu’à preuve du contraire · French
jusqu’à preuve du contraire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 27 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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 | jusqu’à preuve du contraire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ʒys.k‿a pʁœv dy kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 27 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
jusqu’à preuve du contraire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ʒys.k‿a pʁœv dy kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Jusqu'à ce qu'une nouvelle proposition prouve le contraire.".
jusqu’à preuve du contraire doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is jusqu’à preuve du contraire, spelled J-U-S-Q-U-’-À- -P-R-E-U-V-E- -D-U- -C-O-N-T-R-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Jusqu'à ce qu'une nouvelle proposition prouve le contraire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how jusqu’à preuve du contraire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et puis, jusqu’à preuve du contraire, il n’était coupable de rien.
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.