conter

\kɔ̃.te\

/\kɔ̃.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“conter” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,538
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exposer par un récit. Il se dit principalement de récits que l’on fait dans la conversation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-conter · conter · French

conter · rank #30,538 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,538
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH consommant

Nearest frequency peer: consommant (-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 « conter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « conter » 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).

conter vs côte
50% similar
conter vs coûte
67% similar
conter vs côtes
50% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « conter »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).conterse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « consommant » (#30,537), « contracte » (#30,539), « conseillée » (#30,536). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « conter » est au #30,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around conter (IPA \kɔ̃.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,538 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for conter, with forms such as "cconter", "cnoter", and "conetr". 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, "côte", "coûte", "côtes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is conter, spelled C-O-N-T-E-R.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Tu es un joli lâcheur. N’importe !... monte et conduis-moi au cercle. J'en ai long à te conter.
  2. Contez-nous, je vous en prie, ce que vous avez vu, ce qui s’est fait. — Contez-nous en les détails, les particularités.

This word in other languages

tell(English)erzählen(Deutsch)contar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • cconter
  • cnoter
  • conetr
  • connter
  • contter
  • cotner
  • ocnter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

cconter1cnoter2conetr2connter1contter1cotner2ocnter2
Edit distance from "conter"

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 "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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

courge#30,546cinglé#30,523decide#30,555Decker#30,556

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

citez7 variantsciels7 variantsdevil7 variantsCapri7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list