contentais
\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ\
The verdict
“contentais” is uncommon French (frequency #80,071 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,071
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de contenter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contentais · contentais · French
contentais · rank #80,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,071
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH consulta
Nearest frequency peer: consulta (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « contentais »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- condensés
condensés
19,936 corpus weight
- confusément
confusément
19,934 corpus weight
- consulta
consulta
19,931 corpus weight
- contentais
contentais
19,930 corpus weight
- contrôleuse
contrôleuse
19,929 corpus weight
- conventuels
conventuels
19,928 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contentais » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contentais |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « contentais » en français
Rare enough to double-check
contentais is uncommon French at frequency #80,071 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contentais, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is contentais, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A-I-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de contenter.
- 2Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif imparfait de contenter.
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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