contentable
\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tabl\
The verdict
“contentable” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qu’on peut contenter, qu’on peut satisfaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contentable · contentable · French
contentable · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contentable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tabl\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contentable is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tabl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qu’on peut contenter, qu’on peut satisfaire.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contentable, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contentable, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on peut contenter, qu’on peut satisfaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contentable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Monseigneur le Public, soit dit avec tout le respect dû à vos grandes, à vos vives, à vos profondes lumières, vous n’êtes nullement une personne contentable.
Comme tu redoutes justement le dilettantisme et l’anarchie, que tu n’as pas l’âme molle et aisément contentable, que tu es à la fois déçu, volontaire et désespéré, tu t’accroches à la première branche, à la première religion qui passe à ta portée.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.