contentons

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\/ verb

The verdict

“contentons” is uncommon French (frequency #64,335 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#64,335
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contentons · contentons · French

contentons · rank #64,335 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #64,335
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH constitueraie…

Nearest frequency peer: constitueraient (-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 « contentons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contentons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contentons
PropertyValue
Headwordcontentons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#64,335
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « contentons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contentonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « constitueraient » (#64,334), « convent » (#64,336), « conseillées » (#64,333). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contentons » est au #64,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contentons is uncommon French at frequency #64,335 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

contentons has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 contentons, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-O-N-S.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Redécouvrons ces saveurs de second plan, contentons-nous des parfums de certains mets (que nous jugeons décevant en bouche tant ils sont parfois plus aromatiques que goûteux), évitons de sur-saler et sur-sucrer, et apprécions les textures.

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 "contentons"?
"contentons" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
What does "contentons" mean?
As a verb, "contentons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contenter.
How do you pronounce "contentons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contentons" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contentons" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list