contexte

\kɔ̃.tɛkst\

/\kɔ̃.tɛkst\/ noun

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The verdict

“contexte” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,358. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,358
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contexte · contexte · French

contexte · rank #1,358 · 12 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,358
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH chaud

Nearest frequency peer: chaud (-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 « contexte »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contexte » 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).

contexte vs convexe
75% similar
contexte vs contextes
89% similar
contexte vs content
75% similar

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

Key facts for contexte
PropertyValue
Headwordcontexte
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\kɔ̃.tɛkst\
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,358
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contexte »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.contextese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « chaud » (#1,357), « dessous » (#1,359), « centrale » (#1,356). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contexte » est au #1,358. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around contexte (IPA \kɔ̃.tɛkst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,358 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for contexte, with forms such as "ccontexte", "cnotexte", and "conetxte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "convexe", "contextes", "content", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is contexte, spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses.
  2. 2
    Ensemble que forment, par leur liaison naturelle, les différentes parties d’un texte ou d'un discours.
  3. 3
    Contexte d’exécution.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Je voudrais simplement situer sa présentation, dans un contexte de commémoration et de célébration des deux cents ans d’indépendance d’Haïti.
  2. Il a lancé l'idée comme ça, un jour, un journaliste a sorti la phrase de son contexte, et un tas d’escrocs et de faux médiums se sont mis à prétendre en posséder un, pour que les imbéciles croient parler à leurs proches décédés.

This word in other languages

context(English)contexto(Español)Kontext(Deutsch)contexto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontexte
  • cnotexte
  • conetxte
  • conntexte
  • contetxe
  • contexet
  • contextte
  • contexxte
  • conttexte
  • contxete
  • cotnexte
  • ocntexte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontexte1cnotexte2conetxte2conntexte1contetxe2contexet2contextte1contexxte1
Edit distance from "contexte"

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 "contexte"?
"contexte" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.tɛkst\.
What does "contexte" mean?
As a noun, "contexte" means: Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses.
What words are commonly confused with "contexte"?
"contexte" is commonly confused with "convexe", "contextes", "content". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contexte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contexte" is \kɔ̃.tɛkst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contexte" come from?
"contexte" 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 "contexte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

centrale#1,356capacité#1,355surprise#1,350recevoir#1,372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

opposition12 variantsprocessus12 variantsressources12 variantsprovince12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list