contestación

/[kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,966

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

19

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

contestación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de contestar Pronounced [kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with contestaron and contratación.

Key facts for contestación
PropertyValue
Headwordcontestación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#19,966
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contestación is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,966 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 19 documented wrong-spelling variants for contestación, with forms such as "ccontestación", "cnotestación", and "conetstación". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contestaron", "contratación", 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 contestación, spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de contestar
  2. 2
    Altercado, contienda, disputa.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontestación,cnotestación,conetstación,conntestación,contesatción,contesstación,contestacción,contestacinó,contestaciónn,contestacóin,contestaicón,contestasión,contestcaión,contesttación,contetsación,contsetación,conttestación,cotnestación,ocntestación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contestación

Misspelling Variants of "contestación"

ccontestación13cnotestación12conetstación12conntestación13contesatción12contesstación13contestacción13contestacinó12
Misspelling Variants of "contestación"

Frequency rank: #19,966 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contestación"?
"contestación" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-S-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn].
What does "contestación" mean?
As a noun, "contestación" means: Acción o efecto de contestar
What words are commonly confused with "contestación"?
"contestación" is commonly confused with "contestaron", "contratación". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contestación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contestación" is [kõn̪t̪est̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contestación" come from?
"contestación" 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.