continents

\kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\

/\kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“continents” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,198. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,198
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de continent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-continents · continents · French

continents · rank #11,198 · 16 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,198
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH considérables

Nearest frequency peer: considérables (-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 « continents »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « continents » 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).

continents vs continuent
80% similar
continents vs contingent
80% similar
continents vs contingents
91% similar

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

Key facts for continents
PropertyValue
Headwordcontinents
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,198
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « continents »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « considérables » (#11,197), « contradictoires » (#11,199), « consciente » (#11,196). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « continents » est au #11,198. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around continents (IPA \kɔ̃.ti.nɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,198 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de continent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for continents, with forms such as "ccontinents", "cnotinents", and "conitnents". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "continuent", "contingent", "contingents", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is continents, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Masculin pluriel de continent.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontinents
  • cnotinents
  • conitnents
  • conntinents
  • contiennts
  • continennts
  • continenst
  • continentss
  • continentts
  • continetns
  • continnents
  • continnets
  • contnients
  • conttinents
  • cotninents
  • ocntinents

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontinents1cnotinents2conitnents2conntinents1contiennts2continennts1continenst2continentss1
Edit distance from "continents"

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

Same letter count

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

consciente#11,196auxiliaire#11,177écosystème#11,156leadership#11,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

écologiques16 variantstemporaires16 variantsnouvellement16 variantsraisonnables16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list