contracorriente

Name: contracorriente, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]

/[kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“contracorriente” has 21 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,910. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#42,910
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 21
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Revesa o corriente derivada y de dirección opuesta a la de la principal de que procede.

Corpus desk

Index ES-contracorriente · contracorriente · Spanish

contracorriente · rank #42,910 · 21 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #42,910
LEN-MEGA 15 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 21 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH conversado

Nearest frequency peer: conversado (+2 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.

conspirando

57,096
constatación

57,095
contracorri…

57,091
conversado

57,089
cooperativos

57,088
cordel

57,086

What this shows “contracorriente” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Key facts for contracorriente
Property	Value
Headword	contracorriente
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]
Letters	15
Frequency rank	#42,910
Misspellings tracked	21
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “contracorriente”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.contracorrientecae aquí:

#42,910

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “conversado” (#42,912), “cooperativos” (#42,913), “constatación” (#42,906). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “contracorriente” va en #42,910. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 21 spelling variants around contracorriente (IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,910 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Revesa o corriente derivada y de dirección opuesta a la de la principal de que procede.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for contracorriente, with forms such as "ccontracorriente", "cnotracorriente", and "conntracorriente". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is contracorriente, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-O-R-R-I-E-N-T-E.

Definition

1
Revesa o corriente derivada y de dirección opuesta a la de la principal de que procede.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccontracorriente
cnotracorriente
conntracorriente
conrtacorriente
contarcorriente
contraccorriente
contracoriente
contracorirente
contracorreinte
contracorrienet
contracorriennte
contracorrientte
contracorrietne
contracorrinete
contracroriente
contraocrriente
contrcaorriente
contrracorriente
conttracorriente
cotnracorriente
ocntracorriente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contracorriente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "contracorriente"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contracorriente"?

"contracorriente" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-O-R-R-I-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e].

What does "contracorriente" mean?

As a noun, "contracorriente" means: Revesa o corriente derivada y de dirección opuesta a la de la principal de que procede.

What are common misspellings of "contracorriente"?

Common misspellings include "ccontracorriente", "cnotracorriente", "conntracorriente", "conrtacorriente", "contarcorriente". The correct spelling is "contracorriente".

How do you pronounce "contracorriente"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contracorriente" is [kõn̪t̪ɾakoˈrjẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "contracorriente" come from?

"contracorriente" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contracorriente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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