contrepartie vs contreparties

Which to use

“contrepartie” and “contreparties” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,829
“contrepartie” frequency rank: #34,035
“contreparties” frequency rank: 42864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	contrepartie	contreparties
Definition	Compensation dans un accord, un pacte.	Pluriel de contrepartie.

Same sound, different letters: contrepartie vs contreparties

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. contrepartie runs 12 letters (CVCCCVCVCCVV) against contreparties's 13 (CVCCCVCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

12 ch

contrepartie

13 ch

contreparties

Same sound, different spelling - contrepartie / contreparties

This is the hard kind. contrepartie and contreparties are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “contrepartie” sits inside “contreparties”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

contrepartie is recorded at frequency rank #8,829, classified as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\. contreparties is at rank #34,035, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 42864, this pair ranks #222,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of contrepartie vs contreparties

Shared letters: aceinoprt. Private to "contrepartie": -. Private to "contreparties": s.

"contrepartie" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVV · "contreparties" · 13 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

contrepartie ← ccontrepartie · cnotrepartie · conntrepartie · conrtepartie · conterpartie · contreaprtie · contreparite · contreparrtie
contreparties ← ccontreparties · cnotreparties · conntreparties · conrteparties · conterparties · contreaprties · contreparites · contreparrties

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "contrepartie" and "contreparties" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No. They are pronounced the same (\kɔ̃.tʁə.paʁ.ti\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.

Which is more common, "contrepartie" or "contreparties"?

"contrepartie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,829 in our French list, against #34,035 for "contreparties". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

Full dictionary entry for "contrepartie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "contreparties" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #222,334 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #222,334 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.