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How to spell content

hear itcon·tent/kən'tɛnt/adjectiveSilent and tricky

What it means: Feeling satisfied or happy with what you have.

In a sentence: The cat is content laying in the sun.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as contant or contend.

Same family: contented, contentment, discontent, contentedly, satisfied. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The noun "content" comes from Old French and Latin roots meaning "to hold together" or "to contain," and over time it came to mean the feeling of being satisfied because nothing more is needed. It’s closely related to the word "contentment," which describes a lasting state of calm happiness.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa)

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