modus tollens
\mo.dys to.lɛns\
The verdict
“modus tollens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraposition.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modus-tollens · modus tollens · French
modus tollens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | modus tollens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mo.dys to.lɛns\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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modus tollens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mo.dys to.lɛns\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Contraposition.".
Zero misspellings are on record for modus tollens in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is modus tollens, spelled M-O-D-U-S- -T-O-L-L-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1Contraposition.
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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.