contrafuego
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈfweɣ̞o]
The verdict
“contrafuego” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incendio controlado que se hace a propósito para eliminar el material combustible y anticiparse así a la propagación de otro incendio ya iniciado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contrafuego · contrafuego · Spanish
contrafuego · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrafuego |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈfweɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
contrafuego is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈfweɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for contrafuego in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is contrafuego, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-F-U-E-G-O.
Definition
- 1Incendio controlado que se hace a propósito para eliminar el material combustible y anticiparse así a la propagación de otro incendio ya iniciado.
- 2Vereda ancha que se hace en los campos o zonas forestales para evitar la propagación de un incendio.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.