contactar

/[kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,996

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

12

similar word pairs

contactar is aSpanishverb. It means: Ponerse en contacto con alguien. Pronounced [kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ]. It ranks #6,996 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with contacto and contactos.

Key facts for contactar
PropertyValue
Headwordcontactar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,996
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contactar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contactar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,996 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ponerse en contacto con alguien.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for contactar, with forms such as "ccontactar", "cnotactar", and "conatctar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "contacto", "contactos", "contestar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is contactar, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ponerse en contacto con alguien.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontactar,cnotactar,conatctar,conntactar,contacatr,contacctar,contactarr,contactra,contacttar,contatcar,contcatar,conttactar,cotnactar,ocntactar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contactar

Misspelling Variants of "contactar"

ccontactar10cnotactar9conatctar9conntactar10contacatr9contacctar10contactarr10contactra9
Misspelling Variants of "contactar"

Frequency rank: #6,996 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contactar"?
"contactar" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ].
What does "contactar" mean?
As a verb, "contactar" means: Ponerse en contacto con alguien.
What words are commonly confused with "contactar"?
"contactar" is commonly confused with "contacto", "contactos", "contestar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contactar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contactar" is [kõn̪t̪akˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contactar" come from?
"contactar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.