Which to use
“content” and “contents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,514
- “content” frequency rank
- #8,366
- “contents” frequency rank
- 9880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | content | contents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Satisfait, heureux. | Masculin pluriel de content. |
Same sound, different letters: content vs contents
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - content / contents
This is the hard kind. content and contents are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃.tɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “content” sits inside “contents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9880, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
content is recorded at frequency rank #1,514, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɑ̃\. contents is at rank #8,366, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃.tɑ̃\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 9880, this pair ranks #415,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of content vs contents
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "content": -. Private to "contents": s.
"content" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "contents" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "content" and "contents" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "content" vs "contents" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"content" and "contents" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "content" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,063 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "content" and "contents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contentée vs contents". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #415,063 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.