contención
[kõn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn]
The verdict
“contención” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #13,005. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,005
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Litigio trabado entre partes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contención |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #13,005 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contención” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around contención (IPA [kõn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,005 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contención, with forms such as "ccontención", "cnotención", and "conetnción". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "convenció", "contenían", "convención", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is contención, spelled C-O-N-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Litigio trabado entre partes.
- 2Contienda, emulación.
- 3Intensión, esfuerzo, conato.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontención
- cnotención
- conetnción
- conntención
- contecnión
- contencción
- contencinó
- contenciónn
- contencóin
- contenicón
- contennción
- contensión
- contneción
- conttención
- cotnención
- ocntención
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contención - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “contención”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-E-N-C-I-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ẽnˈsjõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “convenció” - see the side-by-side comparison. contención vs convenció
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
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.