# continual

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈtɪnjuəl/ · frequency rank #18,279

## Definitions
1. Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
2. Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
3. Forming a continuous series.

## Etymology
From Middle English continuel, from Old French continuel, formed from Latin continuus (“continuous”) with the suffix -el, equivalent to continue + -al.

## Easily confused with
- **continue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continual-vs-continue)
- **continued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continual-vs-continued)
- **continues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continual-vs-continues)
- **continuum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continual-vs-continuum)
- **continually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continual-vs-continually)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccontinual`, `cnotinual`, `conitnual`, `conntinual`, `continaul`, `continnual`, `continuall`, `continula`, `contiunal`, `contniual`, `conttinual`, `cotninual`, `ocntinual`

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