conteste

/\kɔ̃.tɛst\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,129

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conteste is aFrenchnoun. It means: Contestation. Pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛst\. Often confused with context and contexte.

Key facts for conteste
PropertyValue
Headwordconteste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛst\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,129
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for conteste is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tɛst\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,129 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Contestation.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for conteste, with forms such as "cconteste", "cnoteste", and "conetste". 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, "context", "contexte", "contraste", 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 conteste, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contestation.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconteste,cnoteste,conetste,connteste,conteset,contesste,contestte,contetse,contsete,contteste,cotneste,ocnteste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conteste

Misspelling Variants of "conteste"

cconteste9cnoteste8conetste8connteste9conteset8contesste9contestte9contetse8
Misspelling Variants of "conteste"

Frequency rank: #10,129 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conteste"?
"conteste" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛst\.
What does "conteste" mean?
As a noun, "conteste" means: Contestation.
What words are commonly confused with "conteste"?
"conteste" is commonly confused with "context", "contexte", "contraste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conteste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conteste" is \kɔ̃.tɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conteste" come from?
"conteste" 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.