contestation

\kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“contestation” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,806. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,806
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contestation · contestation · French

contestation · rank #7,806 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,806
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contacté

Nearest frequency peer: contacté (-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 « contestation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contestation » 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).

contestation vs contestations
92% similar
contestation vs concertation
83% similar

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

Key facts for contestation
PropertyValue
Headwordcontestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#7,806
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contestation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contestationse 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 « contacté » (#7,805), « contradiction » (#7,807), « confirmée » (#7,804). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contestation » est au #7,806. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around contestation (IPA \kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,806 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action de contester.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for contestation, with forms such as "ccontestation", "cnotestation", and "conetstation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contestations", "concertation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 contestation, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de contester.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais comme la rue était à peu près déserte, l’allumeuse de réverbère avait entendu notre contestation , et se tournant vers moi , elle me dit d'une voix cassée : […].
  2. La conversation dégénérait en un duel aimable de contestations.

This word in other languages

contestación(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontestation
  • cnotestation
  • conetstation
  • conntestation
  • contesattion
  • contesstation
  • contestaiton
  • contestatino
  • contestationn
  • contestatoin
  • contestattion
  • contesttaion
  • contesttation
  • contetsation
  • contsetation
  • conttestation
  • cotnestation
  • ocntestation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontestation1cnotestation2conetstation2conntestation1contesattion2contesstation1contestaiton2contestatino2
Edit distance from "contestation"

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 "contestation"?
"contestation" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "contestation" mean?
As a noun, "contestation" means: Action de contester.
What words are commonly confused with "contestation"?
"contestation" is commonly confused with "contestations", "concertation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contestation" is \kɔ̃.tɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contestation" come from?
"contestation" 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 "contestation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

biodiversité#7,790fonctionnent#7,828inauguration#7,842intelligents#7,845

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

successivement18 variantsrépublicaine18 variantsprostitution18 variantsreprésentés18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list