Contenance
[kõtəˈnɑ̃ːs]
The verdict
“Contenance” is uncommon German (frequency #90,113 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,113
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fassung, Selbstbeherrschung in einer schwierigen Situation
Corpus desk
Index DE-contenance · Contenance · German
Contenance · rank #90,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,113
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH consul
Nearest frequency peer: consul (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Contenance“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- conclusion
conclusion
9,895 corpus weight
- considered
considered
9,891 corpus weight
- consul
consul
9,889 corpus weight
- Contenance
Contenance
9,888 corpus weight
- Contergan
Contergan
9,887 corpus weight
- cremige
cremige
9,885 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Contenance“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Contenance |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõtəˈnɑ̃ːs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Contenance“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Contenance is uncommon German at frequency #90,113 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõtəˈnɑ̃ːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fassung, Selbstbeherrschung in einer schwierigen Situation".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Contenance, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Contenance, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Fassung, Selbstbeherrschung in einer schwierigen Situation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Contenance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bewahren Sie vor Ihrem Chef stets die Contenance!
„Obwohl der Laden brummte und sich an der Annonce die Bons türmten, bewahrte der Küchenchef die Contenance und stand mir geduldig Rede und Antwort.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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