The invention relates to a contact carrier (1) for holding contact elements and for bringing into contact with a corresponding contact carrier. The contact carrier (1), which is made of an insulating material, has a plurality of cavities (4) in order to hold the contact elements, which cavities extend in a plugging direction through the entire contact carrier (1) and a retaining region (3) of the contact carrier and a plugging region (2) of the contact carrier. According to the invention, the contact carrier (1) has an insertion bevel (8), which insertion bevel makes it easier to bring the contact carrier (1) into contact with a corresponding contact carrier. The invention relates to improvements in the plugging region in order to avoid incorrect plugging of two contact carriers, in particular a resting of the contact carriers during the plugging process.