contents

\kɔ̃.tɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“contents” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,366. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,366
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de content.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contents · contents · French

contents · rank #8,366 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,366
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH considérées

Nearest frequency peer: considérées (-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 « contents »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contents » 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).

contents vs contes
75% similar
contents vs contenu
75% similar
contents vs coûtent
75% similar

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

Key facts for contents
PropertyValue
Headwordcontents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.tɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,366
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contents »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contentsse 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 « considérées » (#8,365), « convoi » (#8,367), « condamnée » (#8,364). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contents » est au #8,366. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contents (IPA \kɔ̃.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,366 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de content.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contents, with forms such as "ccontents", "cnotents", and "conetnts". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "contes", "contenu", "coûtent", 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contents, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de content.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontents
  • cnotents
  • conetnts
  • conntents
  • contennts
  • contenst
  • contentss
  • contentts
  • contetns
  • contnets
  • conttents
  • cotnents
  • ocntents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontents1cnotents2conetnts2conntents1contennts1contenst2contentss1contentts1
Edit distance from "contents"

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 "contents"?
"contents" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃\.
What does "contents" mean?
As an adjective, "contents" means: Masculin pluriel de content.
What words are commonly confused with "contents"?
"contents" is commonly confused with "contes", "contenu", "coûtent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contents"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contents" is \kɔ̃.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contents" come from?
"contents" 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 "contents", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dessinée#8,374disparus#8,376chauffer#8,354cadavres#8,349

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Catalogne13 variantsgagnants13 variantsapplicable13 variantsmerveilles13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list