contá
[kõn̪ˈt̪a]
The verdict
“contá” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,629 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,629
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de contar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-conta · contá · Spanish
contá · rank #86,629 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,629
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contralto
Nearest frequency peer: contralto (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “contá”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contaminen
contaminen
13,376 corpus weight
- contemplaron
contemplaron
13,375 corpus weight
- contenciosos
contenciosos
13,374 corpus weight
- contralto
contralto
13,373 corpus weight
- contá
contá
13,372 corpus weight
- coreógrafos
coreógrafos
13,367 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contá” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪ˈt̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,629 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contá” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contá is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,629 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪ˈt̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de contar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for contá in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is contá, spelled C-O-N-T-Á.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de contar.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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