contentment
con·tent·ment/kənˈtɛntmənt/noun
contentment is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-M-E-N-T: 11 letters and 3 syllables (con·tent·ment). It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, contentment means “The state or degree of being contented or satisfied” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of contentment is contentments.
How many letters and syllables are in contentment?
| Letters | 11: C-O-N-T-E-N-T-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: con·tent·ment |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,150th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none 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 contentment?
Contentment appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,150th 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 contentment?
- /kənˈtɛntmənt/
Contentment has 3 syllables, split con·tent·ment in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-contentment.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of contentment
- contentments plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contentment mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.
- 2
Happiness in one's situation; satisfaction
- 3
The neurophysiological experience of satisfaction and being at ease in one's situation, body, and/or mind.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Contentment in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense state or degree of being contented:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contentement |
| German | Zufriedenheit, Genügsamkeit |
| Portuguese | contentamento, satisfação |
| Spanish | contentamiento, satisfacción, contentura, contenteza |
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 contentment come from?
From Middle French contentement. By surface analysis, content + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).