contenta

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\/ verb

The verdict

“contenta” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,950
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de contenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contenta · contenta · French

contenta · rank #44,950 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,950
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH cont

Nearest frequency peer: cont (-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 « contenta »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contenta » 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).

contenta vs contenu
75% similar
contenta vs coûtent
75% similar
contenta vs contest
75% similar

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

Key facts for contenta
PropertyValue
Headwordcontenta
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,950
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contenta »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contentase 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 « cont » (#44,949), « contienne » (#44,951), « considérais » (#44,948). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contenta » est au #44,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around contenta (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\), averb. Corpus frequency is #44,950 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de contenter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for contenta, with forms such as "ccontenta", "cnotenta", and "conetnta". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "contenu", "coûtent", "contest", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is contenta, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de contenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On voulait me mettre d’abord à la barre où l’on met les scélérats violents qui veulent forcer les prisons, mais sur ce que le geôlier dit qu’elle n’était pas en état, on se contenta de me faire mettre aux pieds les fers les plus lourds et les plus meurtriers, on eut même soin de les faire débourreler pour qu’ils me blessassent davantage.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontenta
  • cnotenta
  • conetnta
  • conntenta
  • contenat
  • contennta
  • contentta
  • contetna
  • contneta
  • conttenta
  • cotnenta
  • ocntenta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontenta1cnotenta2conetnta2conntenta1contenat2contennta1contentta1contetna2
Edit distance from "contenta"

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 "contenta"?
"contenta" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\.
What does "contenta" mean?
As a verb, "contenta" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de contenter.
What words are commonly confused with "contenta"?
"contenta" is commonly confused with "contenu", "coûtent", "contest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contenta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contenta" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.ta\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contenta" come from?
"contenta" 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 "contenta", 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 (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list