contracara
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈkaɾa]
The verdict
“contracara” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,848 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,848
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aspecto opuesto o que contrasta con lo que se venía mencionando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contracara · contracara · Spanish
contracara · rank #92,848 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,848
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contraigan
Nearest frequency peer: contraigan (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “contracara”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- conmocionad…
conmocionados
7,160 corpus weight
- connected
connected
7,159 corpus weight
- conocerían
conocerían
7,157 corpus weight
- contracara
contracara
7,153 corpus weight
- contraigan
contraigan
7,152 corpus weight
- contrariada
contrariada
7,150 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contracara” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contracara |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈkaɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #92,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contracara” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contracara is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,848 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈkaɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aspecto opuesto o que contrasta con lo que se venía mencionando.".
No misspelling variants are generated for contracara in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is contracara, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-A-R-A.
Definition
- 1Aspecto opuesto o que contrasta con lo que se venía mencionando.
Synonyms
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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