contacter

\kɔ̃.tak.te\

/\kɔ̃.tak.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“contacter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,740
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entrer en contact, en relation avec.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contacter · contacter · French

contacter · rank #4,740 · 14 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,740
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH connaissais

Nearest frequency peer: connaissais (-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 « contacter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contacter » 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).

contacter vs contacts
78% similar
contacter vs contenter
78% similar
contacter vs contester
78% similar

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

Key facts for contacter
PropertyValue
Headwordcontacter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tak.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,740
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contacter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contacterse 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 « connaissais » (#4,739), « conte » (#4,741), « concentrer » (#4,738). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contacter » est au #4,740. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around contacter (IPA \kɔ̃.tak.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,740 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for contacter, with forms such as "ccontacter", "cnotacter", and "conatcter". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "contacts", "contenter", "contester", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contacter, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Entrer en contact, en relation avec.
  2. 2
    Toucher.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how contacter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. J’ai dit « oui » tout de suite quand on est venu, dès 1941, me « contacter ».
  2. Tu veux collaborer avec nous ? Alors contacte-nous à l’aide du lien ci-inclus.

Synonyms

accosterentrer en relationjoindrerencontrer

This word in other languages

contact(English)contactar(Español)kontaktieren(Deutsch)contactar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontacter
  • cnotacter
  • conatcter
  • conntacter
  • contaccter
  • contacetr
  • contacterr
  • contactre
  • contactter
  • contatcer
  • contcater
  • conttacter
  • cotnacter
  • ocntacter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contacter - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccontacter1cnotacter2conatcter2conntacter1contaccter1contacetr2contacterr1contactre2
Edit distance from "contacter"

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 "contacter"?
"contacter" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tak.te\.
What does "contacter" mean?
As a verb, "contacter" means: Entrer en contact, en relation avec.
What words are commonly confused with "contacter"?
"contacter" is commonly confused with "contacts", "contenter", "contester". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contacter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contacter" is \kɔ̃.tak.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contacter" come from?
"contacter" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Jérusalem14 variantsrendement14 variantsmunicipale14 variantsoccidentale14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list