contentez

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“contentez” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #38,223. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#38,223
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contentez · contentez · French

contentez · rank #38,223 · 14 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #38,223
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contaminations

Nearest frequency peer: contaminations (-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 « contentez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contentez » 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).

contentez vs contexte
78% similar
contentez vs contents
78% similar
contentez vs conteste
78% similar

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

Key facts for contentez
PropertyValue
Headwordcontentez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\
Letters9
Frequency rank#38,223
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contentez »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contentezse 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 « contaminations » (#38,222), « contrevenant » (#38,224), « convenables » (#38,225). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contentez » est au #38,223. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around contentez (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #38,223 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for contentez, with forms such as "ccontentez", "cnotentez", and "conetntez". 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, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is contentez, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de contenter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ne vous contentez point de regarder les grandeurs humaines comme ces éclairs qui brillent, qui sont accompagnés de beaucoup de bruit, mais qui s’éteignent au moment même qu’ils se montrent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontentez
  • cnotentez
  • conetntez
  • conntentez
  • contenetz
  • contenntez
  • contentezz
  • contenttez
  • contentze
  • contetnez
  • contnetez
  • conttentez
  • cotnentez
  • ocntentez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontentez1cnotentez2conetntez2conntentez1contenetz2contenntez1contentezz1contenttez1
Edit distance from "contentez"

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 "contentez"?
"contentez" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.te\.
What does "contentez" mean?
As a verb, "contentez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter.
What words are commonly confused with "contentez"?
"contentez" 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 "contentez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contentez" 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 "contentez" come from?
"contentez" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contentez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

courtiser#38,232commercer#38,210combattit#38,209clochards#38,203

Similar misspelling depth

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

Concarneau14 variantscomprennes14 variantsdébiteurs14 variantsdéodorant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list