contenter

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“contenter” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,693. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,693
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rendre quelqu’un content en lui procurant ce qu’il souhaite avoir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contenter · contenter · French

contenter · rank #6,693 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,693
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conjoint

Nearest frequency peer: conjoint (-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 « contenter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contenter » 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).

contenter vs contexte
78% similar
contenter vs contents
78% similar
contenter vs conteste
78% similar

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

Key facts for contenter
PropertyValue
Headwordcontenter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,693
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contenter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contenterse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « conjoint » (#6,692), « contributions » (#6,694), « comparable » (#6,691). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contenter » est au #6,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around contenter (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,693 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for contenter, with forms such as "ccontenter", "cnotenter", and "conetnter". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "contexte", "contents", "conteste", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contenter, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rendre quelqu’un content en lui procurant ce qu’il souhaite avoir.
  2. 2
    Rendre quelqu’un content en lui procurant ce qu’il attend de nous.
  3. 3
    Apaiser quelqu’un en lui donnant, en lui accordant quelque chose.
  4. 4
    Satisfaire, en parlant des sens et des passions.
  5. 5
    Être satisfait d’une chose, s’en accommoder, s’y tenir.
  6. 6
    Ne pas vouloir ou ne pas pouvoir faire plus que ce qu’on a fait ; en demeurer là.
  7. 7
    Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut peu de chose pour le contenter.
  2. Le peu de bien qu’il a le contente.

This word in other languages

appease(English)complacer(Español)zufriedenstellen(Deutsch)satisfazer(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontenter
  • cnotenter
  • conetnter
  • conntenter
  • contenetr
  • contennter
  • contenterr
  • contentre
  • contentter
  • contetner
  • contneter
  • conttenter
  • cotnenter
  • ocntenter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contenter - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ccontenter1cnotenter2conetnter2conntenter1contenetr2contennter1contenterr1contentre2
Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contenter"?
"contenter" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\.
What does "contenter" mean?
As a verb, "contenter" means: Rendre quelqu’un content en lui procurant ce qu’il souhaite avoir.
What words are commonly confused with "contenter"?
"contenter" is commonly confused with "contexte", "contents", "conteste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contenter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contenter" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contenter" come from?
"contenter" 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 "contenter", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list