contradecirse
[kõn̪t̪ɾað̞eˈsiɾse]
The verdict
“contradecirse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,716 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,716
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Decir lo opuesto o contrario a otra cosa o idea antes declarada por uno mismo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contradecirse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾað̞eˈsiɾse] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #84,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contradecirse” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contradecirse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,716 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾað̞eˈsiɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Decir lo opuesto o contrario a otra cosa o idea antes declarada por uno mismo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contradecirse in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is contradecirse, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-E-C-I-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Decir lo opuesto o contrario a otra cosa o idea antes declarada por uno mismo.
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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Using “contradecirse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-D-E-C-I-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ɾað̞eˈsiɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.