# contact

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɑntækt/ · frequency rank #1,102

## Definitions
1. The act of touching physically; being in close association.
2. The establishment of communication (with).
3. The situation of being within sight of something; visual contact.
4. A nodule designed to connect a device with something else.
5. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
6. Someone who can be contacted, or with whom one is in communication.
7. A contact lens.
8. A device designed for repetitive connections.
9. Contact juggling.
10. The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock.

## Etymology
From Latin contactus, from contingō (“I touch on all sides”), from tangō (“I touch”). Used in English since the 17th century.

## Easily confused with
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-content)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-context)
- **contest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contest)
- **contain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contain)
- **convict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-convict)
- **contract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contract)
- **contrast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contrast)
- **contacts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contacts)
- **contracts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contracts)
- **contacted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contacted)
- **conduct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conduct-vs-contact)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-contact)
- **compact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compact-vs-contact)
- **constant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constant-vs-contact)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccontact`, `cnotact`, `conatct`, `conntact`, `contacct`, `contactt`, `contatc`, `contcat`, `conttact`, `cotnact`, `ocntact`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/contact