contarían
[kõn̪t̪aˈɾiãn]
The verdict
“contarían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,250 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,250
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del condicional de contar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contarían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪aˈɾiãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contarían” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contarían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,250 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪aˈɾiãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del condicional de contar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contarían, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is contarían, spelled C-O-N-T-A-R-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del condicional 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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Using “contarían”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-A-R-Í-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪aˈɾiãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.