# contaminant

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈtamɪnənt/ · frequency rank #45,858

## Definitions
1. That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate + -ant.

## Easily confused with
- **contaminate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contaminant-vs-contaminate)

## Common misspellings (17)
`ccontaminant`, `cnotaminant`, `conatminant`, `conntaminant`, `contaimnant`, `contamiannt`, `contaminannt`, `contaminantt`, `contaminatn`, `contaminnant`, `contaminnat`, `contamminant`, `contamniant`, `contmainant`, `conttaminant`, `cotnaminant`, `ocntaminant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/contaminant