# continuum

> English word · Noun · IPA /kənˈtɪnjuəm/ · frequency rank #16,670

## Definitions
1. A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
2. A continuous extent.
3. The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
4. A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

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

## Common misspellings (13)
`ccontinuum`, `cnotinuum`, `conitnuum`, `conntinuum`, `continnuum`, `continum`, `continumu`, `continuumm`, `contiunum`, `contniuum`, `conttinuum`, `cotninuum`, `ocntinuum`

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