Contesta

/[kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]/ name

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,937

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Contesta is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad de Italia, provincia de Palermo, cerca de Corleone. Era una antigua colonia albanesa de los montes de Corleone. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]. It ranks #5,937 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with contexto and cortesía.

Key facts for Contesta
PropertyValue
HeadwordContesta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,937
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Contesta is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,937 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de Italia, provincia de Palermo, cerca de Corleone. Era una antigua colonia albanesa de los montes de Corleone.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Contesta, with forms such as "ccontesta", "cnotesta", and "conetsta". 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, "contexto", "cortesía", "contrata", 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 Contesta, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de Italia, provincia de Palermo, cerca de Corleone. Era una antigua colonia albanesa de los montes de Corleone.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontesta,cnotesta,conetsta,conntesta,contesat,contessta,contestta,contetsa,contseta,conttesta,cotnesta,ocntesta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Contesta

Misspelling Variants of "Contesta"

ccontesta9cnotesta8conetsta8conntesta9contesat8contessta9contestta9contetsa8
Misspelling Variants of "Contesta"

Frequency rank: #5,937 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Contesta"?
"Contesta" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a].
What does "Contesta" mean?
As a name, "Contesta" means: Ciudad de Italia, provincia de Palermo, cerca de Corleone. Era una antigua colonia albanesa de los montes de Corleone.
What words are commonly confused with "Contesta"?
"Contesta" is commonly confused with "contexto", "cortesía", "contrata". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Contesta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Contesta" is [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Contesta" come from?
"Contesta" 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.