contenues

\kɔ̃t.ny\

/\kɔ̃t.ny\/ adj

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The verdict

“contenues” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,338
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contenues · contenues · French

contenues · rank #15,338 · 13 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH conduisait

Nearest frequency peer: conduisait (-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 « contenues »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contenues » 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).

contenues vs continue
78% similar
contenues vs contenus
89% similar
contenues vs continus
78% similar

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

Key facts for contenues
PropertyValue
Headwordcontenues
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃t.ny\
Letters9
Frequency rank#15,338
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contenues »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contenuesse 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 « conduisait » (#15,337), « contrebande » (#15,339), « conceptions » (#15,336). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contenues » est au #15,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contenues (IPA \kɔ̃t.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #15,338 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de contenu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contenues, with forms such as "ccontenues", "cnotenues", and "conetnues". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "continue", "contenus", "continus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is contenues, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-U-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de contenu.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontenues
  • cnotenues
  • conetnues
  • conntenues
  • conteneus
  • contennues
  • contenuess
  • contenuse
  • conteunes
  • contneues
  • conttenues
  • cotnenues
  • ocntenues

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontenues1cnotenues2conetnues2conntenues1conteneus2contennues1contenuess1contenuse2
Edit distance from "contenues"

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

Same letter count

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

complétée#15,334convertis#15,342copyright#15,343commencée#15,332

Similar misspelling depth

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

différend13 variantsdiscrets13 variantsbrothers13 variantsboucliers13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list