contestent

\kɔ̃.tɛst\

/\kɔ̃.tɛst\/ verb

The verdict

“contestent” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #28,115. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,115
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contestent · contestent · French

contestent · rank #28,115 · 16 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,115
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contenaient

Nearest frequency peer: contenaient (-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 « contestent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contestent » 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).

contestent vs contester
80% similar
contestent vs contrastent
82% similar
contestent vs conteste
80% similar

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

Key facts for contestent
PropertyValue
Headwordcontestent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛst\
Letters10
Frequency rank#28,115
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contestent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contestentse 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 « contenaient » (#28,114), « contrecarrer » (#28,116), « consonnes » (#28,113). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contestent » est au #28,115. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around contestent (IPA \kɔ̃.tɛst\), averb. Corpus frequency is #28,115 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contestent, with forms such as "ccontestent", "cnotestent", and "conetstent". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "contester", "contrastent", "conteste", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contestent, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de contester.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ainsi les Églises libres, par l’intermédiaire du Dr Van DU SEN, contestent le droit d’une Église à "désecclésialiser" les autres confessions.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontestent
  • cnotestent
  • conetstent
  • conntestent
  • contesetnt
  • contesstent
  • contestennt
  • contestentt
  • contestetn
  • contestnet
  • contesttent
  • contetsent
  • contsetent
  • conttestent
  • cotnestent
  • ocntestent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontestent1cnotestent2conetstent2conntestent1contesetnt2contesstent1contestennt1contestentt1
Edit distance from "contestent"

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 "contestent"?
"contestent" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛst\.
What does "contestent" mean?
As a verb, "contestent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester.
What words are commonly confused with "contestent"?
"contestent" is commonly confused with "contester", "contrastent", "conteste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contestent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contestent" is \kɔ̃.tɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contestent" come from?
"contestent" 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 "contestent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list