contrabajo

/[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,678

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

contrabajo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Instrumento musical de cuerda y arco, es el de mayor tamaño y sonido más grave, su figura es parecida al violín, se ejecuta de pie apoyado en el suelo. Puede tocarse frotando las cuerdas con el arc... Pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. Often confused with contrajo and contratado.

Key facts for contrabajo
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrabajo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]
Letters10
Frequency rank#47,678
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contrabajo is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,678 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrabajo, with forms such as "ccontrabajo", "cnotrabajo", and "conntrabajo". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contrajo", "contratado", "contrabando", 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 contrabajo, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-J-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Instrumento musical de cuerda y arco, es el de mayor tamaño y sonido más grave, su figura es parecida al violín, se ejecuta de pie apoyado en el suelo. Puede tocarse frotando las cuerdas con el arco o bien pulsando las cuerdas con los dedos.
  2. 2
    Músico que toca este instrumento
  3. 3
    Persona cuya voz alcanza un registro más grave que la del bajo ordinario

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrabajo,cnotrabajo,conntrabajo,conrtabajo,contarbajo,contraabjo,contrabajjo,contrabaoj,contrabbajo,contrabjao,contravajo,contrbaajo,contrrabajo,conttrabajo,cotnrabajo,ocntrabajo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contrabajo

Misspelling Variants of "contrabajo"

ccontrabajo11cnotrabajo10conntrabajo11conrtabajo10contarbajo10contraabjo10contrabajjo11contrabaoj10
Misspelling Variants of "contrabajo"

Frequency rank: #47,678 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrabajo"?
"contrabajo" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-J-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo].
What does "contrabajo" mean?
As a noun, "contrabajo" means: Instrumento musical de cuerda y arco, es el de mayor tamaño y sonido más grave, su figura es parecida al violín, se ejecuta de pie apoyado en el suelo. Puede tocarse frotando las cuerdas con el arc...
What words are commonly confused with "contrabajo"?
"contrabajo" is commonly confused with "contrajo", "contratado", "contrabando". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrabajo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrabajo" is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈβ̞axo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrabajo" come from?
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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.