contacts

\kɔ̃.takt\

/\kɔ̃.takt\/ noun

The verdict

“contacts” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,562
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de contact.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contacts · contacts · French

contacts · rank #4,562 · 13 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,562
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conserve

Nearest frequency peer: conserve (-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 « contacts »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contacts » 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).

contacts vs contant
75% similar
contacts vs contrats
75% similar
contacts vs contents
75% similar

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

Key facts for contacts
PropertyValue
Headwordcontacts
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.takt\
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,562
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contacts »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contactsse 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 « conserve » (#4,561), « contemporain » (#4,563), « conclure » (#4,560). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contacts » est au #4,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contacts (IPA \kɔ̃.takt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,562 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de contact.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contacts, with forms such as "ccontacts", "cnotacts", and "conatcts". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "contant", "contrats", "contents", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 contacts, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de contact.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Pour maintenir l’aimant connecteur M² sous contrôle complet, tout le courant qui lui est fourni, à lui et aux aimants M et M², passe par les contacts du relais R, dont la désaimantation désénergise par conséquent tous les relais qu’il contrôle.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontacts
  • cnotacts
  • conatcts
  • conntacts
  • contaccts
  • contacst
  • contactss
  • contactts
  • contatcs
  • contcats
  • conttacts
  • cotnacts
  • ocntacts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contacts - 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.

ccontacts1cnotacts2conatcts2conntacts1contaccts1contacst2contactss1contactts1
Edit distance from "contacts"

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 "contacts"?
"contacts" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.takt\.
What does "contacts" mean?
As a noun, "contacts" means: Pluriel de contact.
What words are commonly confused with "contacts"?
"contacts" is commonly confused with "contant", "contrats", "contents". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contacts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contacts" is \kɔ̃.takt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contacts" come from?
"contacts" 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 "contacts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list