Which to use
“contenu” and “contenus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,558
- “contenu” frequency rank
- #5,233
- “contenus” frequency rank
- 6791
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contenu | contenus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enfermé dans un volume ou dans un espace. | Masculin pluriel de contenu. |
Same sound, different letters: contenu vs contenus
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - contenu and contenus
This is the hard kind. contenu and contenus are pronounced identically (\kɔ̃t.ny\) 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) - “contenu” sits inside “contenus”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contenu is recorded at frequency rank #1,558, classified as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃t.ny\. contenus is at rank #5,233, tagged as anadj, pronounced \kɔ̃t.ny\.
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 6791, this pair ranks #425,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of contenu vs contenus
Shared letters: cenotu. Private to "contenu": -. Private to "contenus": s.
"contenu" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "contenus" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "contenu" for "contenus" ever safe?
Which is more common, "contenu" or "contenus"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "contenu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contenus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #425,224 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contenu" and "contenus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contenus vs convenues". 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 #425,224 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.