contiennent

\kɔ̃.tjɛn\

/\kɔ̃.tjɛn\/ verb

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The verdict

“contiennent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,941
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-contiennent · contiennent · French

contiennent · rank #6,941 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,941
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH concrètement

Nearest frequency peer: concrètement (-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 « contiennent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « contiennent » 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).

contiennent vs continent
82% similar
contiennent vs continuent
82% similar
contiennent vs contingent
82% similar

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

Key facts for contiennent
PropertyValue
Headwordcontiennent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\kɔ̃.tjɛn\
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,941
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contiennent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contiennentse 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 « concrètement » (#6,940), « conçue » (#6,942), « Coran » (#6,943). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contiennent » est au #6,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around contiennent (IPA \kɔ̃.tjɛn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,941 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for contiennent, with forms such as "ccontiennent", "cnotiennent", and "conitennent". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "continent", "continuent", "contingent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is contiennent, spelled C-O-N-T-I-E-N-N-E-N-T.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. On pourrait donc conclure que pour Maïmonide les écrits midrashiques et haggadiques contiennent en même temps le meilleur comme le pire, aussi bien des contradictions dues à l’incompétence, que des contradictions délibérées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontiennent
  • cnotiennent
  • conitennent
  • conntiennent
  • conteinnent
  • contienennt
  • contienent
  • contiennennt
  • contiennentt
  • contiennetn
  • contiennnet
  • continenent
  • conttiennent
  • cotniennent
  • ocntiennent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contiennent - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ccontiennent1cnotiennent2conitennent2conntiennent1conteinnent2contienennt2contienent1contiennennt1
Edit distance from "contiennent"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

accessibles#6,919juridiction#6,970sélectionné#6,901spécialisés#6,895

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

chirurgien15 variantsactivement15 variantsvolontiers15 variantsorganisées15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list