contraerse
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈeɾse]
The verdict
“contraerse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,221 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,221
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ocupar un menor volumen, un menor espacio, sin pérdida de masa, aumentando la densidad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contraerse · contraerse · Spanish
contraerse · rank #76,221 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,221
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contradecía
Nearest frequency peer: contradecía (-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 “contraerse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- confianzas
confianzas
23,783 corpus weight
- contactes
contactes
23,782 corpus weight
- contradecía
contradecía
23,781 corpus weight
- contraerse
contraerse
23,780 corpus weight
- contuve
contuve
23,779 corpus weight
- copiaba
copiaba
23,777 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contraerse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraerse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈeɾse] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #76,221 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contraerse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contraerse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,221 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈeɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for contraerse in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is contraerse, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-E-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Ocupar un menor volumen, un menor espacio, sin pérdida de masa, aumentando la densidad.
- 2Limitar el discurso a un punto considerado esencial o de interés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contraerse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contraerse un músculo.
Nos contraeremos a las causas de dicha enfermedad y posteriormente explicaremos su tratamiento.
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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