contemplation

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“contemplation” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,921. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,921
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
20
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contemplation · contemplation · French

contemplation · rank #24,921 · 20 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,921
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contactée

Nearest frequency peer: contactée (-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 « contemplation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contemplation » 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).

contemplation vs contemplatif
85% similar

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

Key facts for contemplation
PropertyValue
Headwordcontemplation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#24,921
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contemplation »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contactée » (#24,920), « convenance » (#24,922), « constitutionnels » (#24,919). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contemplation » est au #24,921. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around contemplation (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,921 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for contemplation, with forms such as "ccontemplation", "cnotemplation", and "conetmplation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contemplatif", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contemplation, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de contempler.
  2. 2
    Profonde application de l’esprit à quelque objet, surtout aux objets purement intellectuels ou religieux.
  3. 3
    Habitude de l’esprit qui porte à la méditation, à la rêverie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mrs. Paulina Barnett, dans un perpétuel ravissement, assistait à ce spectacle nouveau pour elle. De quelles souffrances, de quelles fatigues, son âme de voyageuse n'eût-elle pas payé la contemplation de telles choses !
  2. Cependant la contemplation des phénomènes célestes soulève peut-être, à côté du sentiment de l'admiration, des pensées moins réellement religieuses.

This word in other languages

contemplation(English)contemplación(Español)Kontemplation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontemplation
  • cnotemplation
  • conetmplation
  • conntemplation
  • contemlpation
  • contemmplation
  • contempaltion
  • contemplaiton
  • contemplatino
  • contemplationn
  • contemplatoin
  • contemplattion
  • contempllation
  • contempltaion
  • contempplation
  • contepmlation
  • contmeplation
  • conttemplation
  • cotnemplation
  • ocntemplation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontemplation1cnotemplation2conetmplation2conntemplation1contemlpation2contemmplation1contempaltion2contemplaiton2
Edit distance from "contemplation"

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 "contemplation"?
"contemplation" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\.
What does "contemplation" mean?
As a noun, "contemplation" means: Action de contempler.
What words are commonly confused with "contemplation"?
"contemplation" is commonly confused with "contemplatif". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contemplation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contemplation" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pla.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contemplation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

anthropologue#24,859symptomatique#24,789structuration#24,785réactionnaire#24,753

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

reproductions20 variantsinterrogatoires20 variantsinsurmontable20 variantsdénominations20 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list