contrapuntal
/ˌkɒntrəˈpʌntəl/adjective
contrapuntal is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-A-L. The wrong spelling people search most is contrapunctal: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 31 of all searches for the word. Contrapuntal is an adjective meaning “Of or in counterpoint”.
How many letters and syllables are in contrapuntal?
| Letters | 12: C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 81,375th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, contrapunctal, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell contrapuntal?
Contrapuntal is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-U-N-T-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 31 of the searches for contrapuntal in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is contrapuntal?
Contrapuntal appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 81,375th 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 contrapuntal?
- UK /ˌkɒntrəˈpʌntəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of contrapuntal
- more contrapuntal comparative
- most contrapuntal superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does contrapuntal mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or in counterpoint.
- 2
Of or relating to counterpoint.
- 3
With two or more independent melodic lines.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Contrapuntal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to counterpoint:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | contrapontique, contrapuntique |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does contrapuntal come from?
From Latin punctus contra punctum (“note against note”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).