contestons

\kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\

/\kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“contestons” is uncommon French (frequency #90,575 among 8,609 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,575
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contestons · contestons · French

contestons · rank #90,575 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,575
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contemplatifs

Nearest frequency peer: contemplatifs (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « contestons »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « contestons » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contestons
PropertyValue
Headwordcontestons
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#90,575
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « contestons » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).contestonstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « contemplatifs » (#90,574), « connoisseur » (#90,573), « contracta » (#90,577). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contestons » est au #90,575. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contestons is uncommon French at frequency #90,575 among 8,609 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contestons, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contestons, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester.
  2. 2
    Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de contester.

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 "contestons"?
"contestons" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\.
What does "contestons" mean?
As a verb, "contestons" means: Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de contester.
How do you pronounce "contestons"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contestons" is \kɔ̃.tɛs.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contestons" come from?
"contestons" 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 "contestons", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

convulsion#90,578crochetage#90,591curviligne#90,597demandeuse#90,612

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list