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con·tent/kənˈtɛnt/adjective, noun, verb

content is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T: 7 letters and 2 syllables (con·tent). It appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, content means “Satisfied, pleased, contented” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in content?

Letters7: C-O-N-T-E-N-T
Syllables2: con·tent
In writing100 times per million words; the 1,076th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is content?

Content appears 100 times per million words in written English, the 1,076th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce content?

  • /kənˈtɛnt/

As an adjective (“Contained”): /ˈkɒn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɔn.tɛnt/, /ˈkɑn.tɛnt/.

Content has 2 syllables, split con·tent in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-content_(verb).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-content_(noun).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-content.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of content

  • more content comparative
  • contenter comparative
  • most content superlative
  • contentest superlative
  • contents present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • contenting participle, present
  • contented participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does content mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    Satisfied, pleased, contented.

  2. 2

    obsoleteContained.

noun

  1. 1

    Satisfaction, contentment; pleasure.

    They were in a state of sleepy content after supper.

  2. 2

    obsoleteAcquiescence without examination.

  3. 3

    That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

  4. 4

    UKAn expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmative vote.

  5. 5

    UKA member who votes in assent.

  6. 6

    That which is contained.

  7. 7

    Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.

    Although eloquently delivered, the content of the speech was objectionable.

  8. 8

    One or more creative works.

    Some online video creators upload new content every day.

  9. 9

    colloquialThe potential of creative work for a content creator.

    He moved to California for the content.

  10. 10

    The amount of material contained.

    Light beer has a lower alcohol content than regular beer.

  11. 11

    obsoleteCapacity for containing.

  12. 12

    The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.

  13. 13

    The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.

verb

  1. 1

    To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.

    You can't have any more. You'll have to content yourself with what you already have.

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

interjection

  1. 1

    archaicAlright, agreed.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Content in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchcontent (satisfied), satisfaire (satisfy – see also satisfy), contenu (that which is contained)
Germanzufrieden (satisfied), begnügen, sich zufriedengeben, zufriedenstellen (satisfy – see also satisfy), Inhalt (that which is contained), Stoff (subject matter)
Portuguesesatisfeito (satisfied), contentar, satisfazer (satisfy – see also satisfy), conteúdo (that which is contained), teor (the amount of material contained)
Spanishcontento, chocho, complacido (satisfied), contentar, alegrar (satisfy – see also satisfy), contenido (that which is contained)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does content come from?

From Middle English contenten (“to satisfy”), from Latin contentus (“contained; satisfied”), past participle of continēre (“to contain”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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