conte
\kɔ̃t\
The verdict
“conte” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #4,741 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,741
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Récit d’aventures imaginaires, soit qu’elles aient de la vraisemblance ou que s’y mêle du merveilleux, du féerique.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,741 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “conte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for conte is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃t\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,741 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for conte, with forms such as "cconte", "cnote", and "conet". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Cte", "côte", "coût", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is conte, spelled C-O-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Récit d’aventures imaginaires, soit qu’elles aient de la vraisemblance ou que s’y mêle du merveilleux, du féerique.
- 2Forme littéraire courte et simple, issue de la tradition populaire et orale, généralement destinée aux lectures divertissantes du soir en communauté ou à l’instruction des enfants.
- 3Histoire plaisante, vraie ou fausse, que l’on dit pour amuser, railler, médire, tromper, etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: cconte,cnote,conet,connte,contte,cotne,ocnte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of conte - 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.
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.
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Using “conte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is C-O-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \kɔ̃t\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Cte” - see the side-by-side comparison. conte vs Cte
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.