# continuous

> English word · Adjective · IPA /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ · frequency rank #5,018

## Definitions
1. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
2. Without intervening space; continued.
3. Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
4. Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
5. Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
6. Expressing an ongoing action or state.

## Etymology
From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

## Easily confused with
- **continuum** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continuous-vs-continuum)
- **continuously** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continuous-vs-continuously)
- **continues** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/continues-vs-continuous)
- **contiguous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/contiguous-vs-continuous)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ccontinuous`, `cnotinuous`, `conitnuous`, `conntinuous`, `continnuous`, `continouus`, `continuosu`, `continuouss`, `continuuos`, `contiunous`, `contniuous`, `conttinuous`, `cotninuous`, `ocntinuous`

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