contó

/[kõn̪ˈt̪o]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,598

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

contó is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contar. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪o]. It ranks #2,598 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with coo and Coro.

Key facts for contó
PropertyValue
Headwordcontó
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪o]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,598
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contó is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,598 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for contó, with forms such as "ccontó", "cnotó", and "conntó". 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, "coo", "Coro", "Cota", 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 contó, spelled C-O-N-T-Ó, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontó,cnotó,conntó,conttó,conót,cotnó,ocntó

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contó

Misspelling Variants of "contó"

ccontó6cnotó5conntó6conttó6conót5cotnó5ocntó5
Misspelling Variants of "contó"

Frequency rank: #2,598 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contó"?
"contó" is spelled C-O-N-T-Ó. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪o].
What does "contó" mean?
As a verb, "contó" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contar.
What words are commonly confused with "contó"?
"contó" is commonly confused with "coo", "Coro", "Cota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contó"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contó" is [kõn̪ˈt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contó" come from?
"contó" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Spanish index:

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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.