# content

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈtɛnt/ · frequency rank #1,071

## Definitions
1. Satisfied, pleased, contented.

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

## Easily confused with
- **covent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-covent)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-context)
- **contest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-contest)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-convert)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-convent)
- **convene** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-convene)
- **contents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-contents)
- **continent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-continent)
- **contented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-contented)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-content)
- **cogent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cogent-vs-content)
- **contact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-content)
- **comment** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/comment-vs-content)
- **concept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-content)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concert-vs-content)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-content)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-content)
- **contend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contend-vs-content)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-content)
- **constant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/constant-vs-content)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccontent`, `cnotent`, `conetnt`, `conntent`, `contennt`, `contentt`, `contetn`, `contnet`, `conttent`, `cotnent`, `ocntent`

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