contra
[ˈkɔntʁa]
The verdict
“contra” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,117. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,117
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - gegen, wider
Corpus desk
Index DE-contra · contra · German
contra · rank #13,117 · 9 variants · 12 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,117
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH clips
Nearest frequency peer: clips (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “contra”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Christa
Christa
86,887 corpus weight
- client
client
86,886 corpus weight
- clips
clips
86,885 corpus weight
- contra
contra
86,884 corpus weight
- cops
cops
86,883 corpus weight
- corps
corps
86,882 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “contra” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | contra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈkɔntʁa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contra” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around contra (IPA [ˈkɔntʁa]), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #13,117 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "gegen, wider".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for contra, with forms such as "ccontra", "cnotra", and "conntra". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "cora", "costa", "country", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is contra, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1gegen, wider
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how contra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eines seiner Bücher trägt den Titel: "Rettet die Grundrechte! Bürgerfreiheit contra Sicherheitswahn".“
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontra
- cnotra
- conntra
- conrta
- contar
- contrra
- conttra
- cotnra
- ocntra
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contra - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contra", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.