continuons
\kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃\
The verdict
“continuons” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,748. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,748
- frequency rank, French
- 8,609
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de continuer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-continuons · continuons · French
continuons · rank #12,748 · 15 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #12,748
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 15 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,609
- PHOTO-FINISH consécutifs
Nearest frequency peer: consécutifs (-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 « continuons »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- compatibles
compatibles
87,256 corpus weight
- constituante
constituante
87,255 corpus weight
- consécutifs
consécutifs
87,254 corpus weight
- continuons
continuons
87,253 corpus weight
- contraction
contraction
87,252 corpus weight
- contraints
contraints
87,251 corpus weight
What this shows « continuons » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | continuons |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,748 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « continuons »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around continuons (IPA \kɔ̃.ti.nɥɔ̃\), averb. Corpus frequency is #12,748 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 continuons, with forms such as "ccontinuons", "cnotinuons", and "conitnuons". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "continus", "continues", "continuent", 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is continuons, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-U-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de continuer.
- 2Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de continuer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how continuons appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous déposons notre canne sur le bateau et nous continuons à pêchailler le goujon.
Ce petit abîme passé, continuons sans désenhardir !
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontinuons
- cnotinuons
- conitnuons
- conntinuons
- continnuons
- continouns
- continunos
- continuonns
- continuonss
- continuosn
- contiunons
- contniuons
- conttinuons
- cotninuons
- ocntinuons
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of continuons - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "continuons", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).