contenu
\kɔ̃t.ny\
The verdict
“contenu” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,558. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,558
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermé dans un volume ou dans un espace.
Corpus desk
Index FR-contenu · contenu · French
contenu · rank #1,558 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,558
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH conseils
Nearest frequency peer: conseils (-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 « contenu »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- catégorie
catégorie
98,446 corpus weight
- communes
communes
98,445 corpus weight
- conseils
conseils
98,444 corpus weight
- contenu
contenu
98,443 corpus weight
- dommage
dommage
98,442 corpus weight
- découverte
découverte
98,441 corpus weight
What this shows « contenu » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contenu |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \kɔ̃t.ny\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contenu »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around contenu (IPA \kɔ̃t.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,558 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for contenu, with forms such as "ccontenu", "cnotenu", and "conetnu". 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, "contes", "conter", "coteau", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 contenu, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-U.
Definition
- 1Enfermé dans un volume ou dans un espace.
- 2Retenu, freiné.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contenu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tant de souvenirs contenus dans ce tiroir !
La foule de manifestants est contenue par les forces de police.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontenu
- cnotenu
- conetnu
- conntenu
- contennu
- conteun
- contneu
- conttenu
- cotnenu
- ocntenu
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contenu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contenu", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).