# contour

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkɒntɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #17,806

## Definitions
1. An outline, boundary or border, usually of curved shape.
2. A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.
3. a speech sound which behaves as a single segment, but which makes an internal transition from one quality, place, or manner to another.
4. A general description giving the most important points.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French contour, from contourner, equivalent to con- + tour.

## Easily confused with
- **Conor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/conor-vs-contour)
- **Connor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/connor-vs-contour)
- **concur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/concur-vs-contour)
- **cantor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cantor-vs-contour)
- **condor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/condor-vs-contour)
- **centaur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/centaur-vs-contour)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccontour`, `cnotour`, `conntour`, `conotur`, `contoru`, `contourr`, `conttour`, `contuor`, `cotnour`, `ocntour`

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