conter

/\kɔ̃.te\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,538

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conter is aFrenchverb. It means: Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation. Pronounced \kɔ̃.te\. Often confused with côte and coûte.

Key facts for conter
PropertyValue
Headwordconter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,538
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of conter in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conter is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #30,538 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for conter, with forms such as "cconter", "cnoter", and "conetr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "côte", "coûte", "côtes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is conter, spelled C-O-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation.
  2. 2
    Faire un récit inventé pour amuser.
  3. 3
    Dire des choses en vue de tromper.
  4. 4
    Courtiser, dire des douceurs, des galanteries.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconter,cnoter,conetr,connter,contter,cotner,ocnter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conter

Misspelling Variants of "conter"

cconter7cnoter6conetr6connter7contter7cotner6ocnter6
Misspelling Variants of "conter"

Frequency rank: #30,538 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conter"?
"conter" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.te\.
What does "conter" mean?
As a verb, "conter" means: Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation.
What words are commonly confused with "conter"?
"conter" is commonly confused with "côte", "coûte", "côtes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conter" is \kɔ̃.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conter" come from?
"conter" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.