context

\ˈkɒn.tɛkst\

/\ˈkɒn.tɛkst\/ noun

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The verdict

“context” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #45,524. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,524
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-context · context · French

context · rank #45,524 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,524
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contant

Nearest frequency peer: contant (-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 « context »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « context » 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).

context vs cortex
71% similar
context vs contrat
71% similar
context vs coûtent
71% similar

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

Key facts for context
PropertyValue
Headwordcontext
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈkɒn.tɛkst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#45,524
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « context »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contextse 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 « contant » (#45,523), « contraignants » (#45,525), « contaminants » (#45,522). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « context » est au #45,524. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around context (IPA \ˈkɒn.tɛkst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,524 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contexte.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for context, with forms such as "ccontext", "cnotext", and "conetxt". 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, "cortex", "contrat", "coûtent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is context, spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contexte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. In a nutshell, an object is iterable if it is either a physically stored sequence in memory, or an object that generates one item at a time in the context of an iteration operation—a sort of "virtual" sequence.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontext
  • cnotext
  • conetxt
  • conntext
  • contetx
  • contextt
  • contexxt
  • conttext
  • contxet
  • cotnext
  • ocntext

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontext1cnotext2conetxt2conntext1contetx2contextt1contexxt1conttext1
Edit distance from "context"

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 "context"?
"context" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈkɒn.tɛkst\.
What does "context" mean?
As a noun, "context" means: Contexte.
What words are commonly confused with "context"?
"context" is commonly confused with "cortex", "contrat", "coûtent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "context"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "context" is \ˈkɒn.tɛkst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "context" come from?
"context" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "context", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

contant#45,523consort#45,519creator#45,533crimson#45,534

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

concouru11 variantsdatabase11 variantsdiviseur11 variantscamisole11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list