contadas

/[kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]/ participle

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,197

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

contadas is aSpanishparticiple. It means: Forma del femenino plural de contado, participio de contar. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. Often confused with contado and cortada.

Key facts for contadas
PropertyValue
Headwordcontadas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechParticiple
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]
Letters8
Frequency rank#18,197
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contadas is 8 letters long, classified as aparticiple, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,197 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de contado, participio de contar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for contadas, with forms such as "ccontadas", "cnotadas", and "conatdas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "contado", "cortada", "contará", 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 contadas, spelled C-O-N-T-A-D-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de contado, participio de contar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontadas,cnotadas,conatdas,conntadas,contaads,contadass,contaddas,contadsa,contdaas,conttadas,cotnadas,ocntadas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contadas

Misspelling Variants of "contadas"

ccontadas9cnotadas8conatdas8conntadas9contaads8contadass9contaddas9contadsa8
Misspelling Variants of "contadas"

Frequency rank: #18,197 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contadas"?
"contadas" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-D-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as].
What does "contadas" mean?
As a participle, "contadas" means: Forma del femenino plural de contado, participio de contar.
What words are commonly confused with "contadas"?
"contadas" is commonly confused with "contado", "cortada", "contará". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contadas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contadas" is [kõn̪ˈt̪að̞as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contadas" come from?
"contadas" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.