contino
noun
contino is spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-O: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, contino means “Alternative form of continuo, a personal guard of the Spanish or Portuguese king” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of contino is continos.
How many letters and syllables are in contino?
| Letters | 7: C-O-N-T-I-N-O |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 69 million words; the 262,293rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is contino?
Contino appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce contino?
Contino has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of contino
- continos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contino mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of continuo, a personal guard of the Spanish or Portuguese king.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does contino come from?
From early modern Portuguese and Spanish contino, ellipsis of ombre contino, from Latin continuum.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).