contentant

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“contentant” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,605. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,605
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe présent de contenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contentant · contentant · French

contentant · rank #25,605 · 16 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,605
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consultée

Nearest frequency peer: consultée (-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 « contentant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contentant » 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).

contentant vs convenant
80% similar
contentant vs continuant
80% similar
contentant vs contentent
90% similar

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

Key facts for contentant
PropertyValue
Headwordcontentant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#25,605
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contentant »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contentantse 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 « consultée » (#25,604), « coqs » (#25,606), « consulting » (#25,603). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contentant » est au #25,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around contentant (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #25,605 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe présent de contenter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contentant, with forms such as "ccontentant", "cnotentant", and "conetntant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "convenant", "continuant", "contentent", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is contentant, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe présent de contenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. C’est l’Anglais Jack Miller qui l’emporte, Quartararo se contentant de la 8ᵉ place, marquant au passage 8 points quand son dauphin n’en a marqué aucun.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontentant
  • cnotentant
  • conetntant
  • conntentant
  • contenatnt
  • contenntant
  • contentannt
  • contentantt
  • contentatn
  • contentnat
  • contenttant
  • contetnant
  • contnetant
  • conttentant
  • cotnentant
  • ocntentant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontentant1cnotentant2conetntant2conntentant1contenatnt2contenntant1contentannt1contentantt1
Edit distance from "contentant"

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 "contentant"?
"contentant" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "contentant" mean?
As a verb, "contentant" means: Participe présent de contenter.
What words are commonly confused with "contentant"?
"contentant" is commonly confused with "convenant", "continuant", "contentent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contentant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contentant" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contentant" come from?
"contentant" 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 "contentant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

consulting#25,603congénères#25,599dictateurs#25,616distinguée#25,618

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

défensives16 variantsFitzgerald16 variantsgourmandise16 variantshomogénéité16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list