contraalmirante
[kõn̪t̪ɾaalmiˈɾãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“contraalmirante” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,380 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,380
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Oficial general de la Armada, inmediatamente superior al capitán de navío e inferior al vicealmirante.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraalmirante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaalmiˈɾãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #74,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contraalmirante” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contraalmirante is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,380 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaalmiˈɾãn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oficial general de la Armada, inmediatamente superior al capitán de navío e inferior al vicealmirante.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contraalmirante, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is contraalmirante, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-A-L-M-I-R-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Oficial general de la Armada, inmediatamente superior al capitán de navío e inferior al vicealmirante.
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 “contraalmirante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-A-L-M-I-R-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.