continu

\kɔ̃.ti.ny\

/\kɔ̃.ti.ny\/ adj

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The verdict

“continu” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,330. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,330
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont les parties ne sont pas séparées les unes des autres et tiennent les unes aux autres.

Corpus desk

Index FR-continu · continu · French

continu · rank #5,330 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,330
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contemporaine

Nearest frequency peer: contemporaine (-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 « continu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « continu » 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).

continu vs convenu
71% similar
continu vs continue
88% similar
continu vs continua
88% similar

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

Key facts for continu
PropertyValue
Headwordcontinu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ̃.ti.ny\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,330
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « continu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).continuse 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 « contemporaine » (#5,329), « continuez » (#5,331), « constitutionnel » (#5,328). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « continu » est au #5,330. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around continu (IPA \kɔ̃.ti.ny\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,330 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for continu, with forms such as "ccontinu", "cnotinu", and "conitnu". 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, "convenu", "continue", "continua", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is continu, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dont les parties ne sont pas séparées les unes des autres et tiennent les unes aux autres.
  2. 2
    Qui est d’une durée sans aucune interruption.
  3. 3
    Qualifie le soubassement d’une file de colonnes avec base et corniche.
  4. 4
    Proportion continue : qualifie une proportion où le conséquent de la première raison est l’antécédent de la seconde.
  5. 5
    Qualifie une fraction dont le dénominateur est composé d’un nombre entier et d’une autre fraction, qui a également pour dénominateur un entier et une fraction, et ainsi de suite.
  6. 6
    Qualifie une fonction ou une application dont la variation est très petite, quand la variable varie très peu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le rivage n’était pas entièrement continu, le récif était frangé d’îles qui présentaient entre elles de minuscules passes.
  2. Étendue continue.

Antonyms

discretdiscontinu

This word in other languages

continual(English)continuo(Español)kontinuierlich(Deutsch)contínuo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontinu
  • cnotinu
  • conitnu
  • conntinu
  • continnu
  • contiun
  • contniu
  • conttinu
  • cotninu
  • ocntinu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontinu1cnotinu2conitnu2conntinu1continnu1contiun2contniu2conttinu1
Edit distance from "continu"

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 "continu"?
"continu" is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ̃.ti.ny\.
What does "continu" mean?
As an adjective, "continu" means: Dont les parties ne sont pas séparées les unes des autres et tiennent les unes aux autres.
What words are commonly confused with "continu"?
"continu" is commonly confused with "convenu", "continue", "continua". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "continu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "continu" is \kɔ̃.ti.ny\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "continu" come from?
"continu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

console#5,327croyait#5,333délégué#5,337caisses#5,322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

désolée10 variantsblagues10 variantsindices10 variantsinitiale10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list