# contest

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒn.tɛst/ · frequency rank #2,826

## Definitions
1. Controversy; debate.
2. Struggle for superiority; combat.
3. A competition.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *tréyes
From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).

## Easily confused with
- **Cortes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-cortes)
- **context** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-context)
- **convert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-convert)
- **convent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-convent)
- **contrast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-contrast)
- **countess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contest-vs-countess)
- **Cones** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cones-vs-contest)
- **conte** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conte-vs-contest)
- **Coates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/coates-vs-contest)
- **content** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/content-vs-contest)
- **contact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contact-vs-contest)
- **concept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concept-vs-contest)
- **concert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concert-vs-contest)
- **connect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connect-vs-contest)
- **consent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consent-vs-contest)
- **consist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/consist-vs-contest)
- **confess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confess-vs-contest)
- **contend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contend-vs-contest)
- **conceit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conceit-vs-contest)
- **contents** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contents-vs-contest)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccontest`, `cnotest`, `conetst`, `conntest`, `contesst`, `contestt`, `contets`, `contset`, `conttest`, `cotnest`, `ocntest`

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