contexte

/\kɔ̃.tɛkst\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,358

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

contexte is aFrenchnoun. It means: Ensemble d'un acte par rapport à l'enchaînement des dispositions et des clauses. Pronounced \kɔ̃.tɛkst\. It ranks #1,358 in French word frequency. Often confused with convexe and contextes.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for contexte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ̃.tɛkst\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,358 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for contexte, with forms such as "ccontexte", "cnotexte", and "conetxte". 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, "convexe", "contextes", "content", 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 contexte, spelled C-O-N-T-E-X-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontexte,cnotexte,conetxte,conntexte,contetxe,contexet,contextte,contexxte,conttexte,contxete,cotnexte,ocntexte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contexte

Misspelling Variants of "contexte"

ccontexte9cnotexte8conetxte8conntexte9contetxe8contexet8contextte9contexxte9
Misspelling Variants of "contexte"

Frequency rank: #1,358 in French

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. 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.