contractura
[kõn̪t̪ɾakˈt̪uɾa]
The verdict
“contractura” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,491 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,491
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contracción involuntaria y prolongada de carácter pasajero o permanente que afecta a uno o más grupos musculares
Corpus desk
Index ES-contractura · contractura · Spanish
contractura · rank #64,491 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,491
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contagian
Nearest frequency peer: contagian (-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 “contractura”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- consternada
consternada
35,513 corpus weight
- construyeran
construyeran
35,512 corpus weight
- contagian
contagian
35,511 corpus weight
- contractura
contractura
35,510 corpus weight
- contralmira…
contralmirante
35,509 corpus weight
- contrapuest…
contrapuestas
35,508 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contractura” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contractura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾakˈt̪uɾa] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,491 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contractura” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contractura is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,491 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾakˈt̪uɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for contractura in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 contractura, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Contracción involuntaria y prolongada de carácter pasajero o permanente que afecta a uno o más grupos musculares
- 2Estrechamiento que se hace en la parte superior de una columna
This word in other languages
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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