contactent

\kɔ̃.takt\

/\kɔ̃.takt\/ verb

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The verdict

“contactent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,807. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,807
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contacter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contactent · contactent · French

contactent · rank #47,807 · 16 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,807
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constatez

Nearest frequency peer: constatez (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « contactent »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « contactent » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contactent vs contacter
80% similar
contactent vs contactez
80% similar
contactent vs contactés
70% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contactent
PropertyValue
Headwordcontactent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.takt\
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,807
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contactent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contactentse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « constatez » (#47,806), « contraceptifs » (#47,808), « consommables » (#47,805). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contactent » est au #47,807. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around contactent (IPA \kɔ̃.takt\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,807 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contactent, with forms such as "ccontactent", "cnotactent", and "conatctent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "contacter", "contactez", "contactés", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contactent, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contacter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de contacter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontactent
  • cnotactent
  • conatctent
  • conntactent
  • contacctent
  • contacetnt
  • contactennt
  • contactentt
  • contactetn
  • contactnet
  • contacttent
  • contatcent
  • contcatent
  • conttactent
  • cotnactent
  • ocntactent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contactent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontactent1cnotactent2conatctent2conntactent1contacctent1contacetnt2contactennt1contactentt1
Edit distance from "contactent"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contactent"?
"contactent" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.takt\.
What does "contactent" mean?
As a verb, "contactent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contacter.
What words are commonly confused with "contactent"?
"contactent" is commonly confused with "contacter", "contactez", "contactés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contactent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contactent" is \kɔ̃.takt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contactent" come from?
"contactent" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contactent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

condamnons#47,801commencées#47,799couleuvres#47,815darwinisme#47,825

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

confessionnel16 variantscisaillement16 variantschaleureuses16 variantsduplication16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list