contemporaine

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\/ noun

The verdict

“contemporaine” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,329
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme vivant en même temps qu’une autre personne de référence.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contemporaine · contemporaine · French

contemporaine · rank #5,329 · 19 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,329
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constitutionn…

Nearest frequency peer: constitutionnel (-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 « contemporaine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contemporaine » 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).

contemporaine vs contemporains
92% similar
contemporaine vs contemporaines
93% similar
contemporaine vs contemporain
92% similar

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

Key facts for contemporaine
PropertyValue
Headwordcontemporaine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\
Letters13
Frequency rank#5,329
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contemporaine »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contemporainese 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 « constitutionnel » (#5,328), « continu » (#5,330), « console » (#5,327). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contemporaine » est au #5,329. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around contemporaine (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,329 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for contemporaine, with forms such as "ccontemporaine", "cnotemporaine", and "conetmporaine". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contemporains", "contemporaines", "contemporain", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contemporaine, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme vivant en même temps qu’une autre personne de référence.
  2. 2
    Née la même année.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontemporaine
  • cnotemporaine
  • conetmporaine
  • conntemporaine
  • contemmporaine
  • contemopraine
  • contempoarine
  • contemporaien
  • contemporainne
  • contemporanie
  • contemporiane
  • contemporraine
  • contempporaine
  • contemproaine
  • contepmoraine
  • contmeporaine
  • conttemporaine
  • cotnemporaine
  • ocntemporaine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontemporaine1cnotemporaine2conetmporaine2conntemporaine1contemmporaine1contemopraine2contempoarine2contemporaien2
Edit distance from "contemporaine"

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 "contemporaine"?
"contemporaine" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-O-R-A-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\.
What does "contemporaine" mean?
As a noun, "contemporaine" means: Femme vivant en même temps qu’une autre personne de référence.
What words are commonly confused with "contemporaine"?
"contemporaine" is commonly confused with "contemporains", "contemporaines", "contemporain". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contemporaine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contemporaine" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contemporaine" come from?
"contemporaine" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list