contes

\kɔ̃t\

/\kɔ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“contes” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,803. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,803
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de conte.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contes · contes · French

contes · rank #6,803 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,803
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contemporains

Nearest frequency peer: contemporains (-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 « contes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contes » 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).

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

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

Key facts for contes
PropertyValue
Headwordcontes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃t\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,803
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contes »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contesse 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 « contemporains » (#6,802), « courageux » (#6,804), « constituée » (#6,801). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contes » est au #6,803. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around contes (IPA \kɔ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,803 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de conte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for contes, with forms such as "ccontes", "cnotes", and "conets". 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, "côte", "coûte", "côtes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is contes, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de conte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dès la fin du Moyen Age et la Renaissance (qu’on pense à Villon ou à Rabelais), mais surtout au crépuscule du classicisme, l’art tend à se « désartialiser », à affaiblir ses règles formelles et à s’ouvrir à la vie « ordinaire » (sans la représenter avec les traits caricaturaux et triviaux de la satire) : Lesage, De Foe, Fielding semblent constater ; plus…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontes
  • cnotes
  • conets
  • conntes
  • contess
  • contse
  • conttes
  • cotnes
  • ocntes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontes1cnotes2conets2conntes1contess1contse2conttes1cotnes2
Edit distance from "contes"

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 "contes"?
"contes" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃t\.
What does "contes" mean?
As a noun, "contes" means: Pluriel de conte.
What words are commonly confused with "contes"?
"contes" 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 "contes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contes" is \kɔ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contes" come from?
"contes" 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 "contes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

crever#6,805divisé#6,811buteur#6,791bruits#6,790

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

caution9 variantsEdward9 variantsentité9 variantsglisser9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list