contralor

/[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,165

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

contralor is aSpanishnoun. It means: En el cuerpo de artillería y en los hospitales del ejército: persona que interviene en la cuenta y razón de los caudales y efectos. Pronounced [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ]. Often confused with contrato and controlo.

Key facts for contralor
PropertyValue
Headwordcontralor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,165
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contralor in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contralor is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,165 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for contralor, with forms such as "ccontralor", "cnotralor", and "conntralor". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "contrato", "controlo", "controlar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is contralor, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    En el cuerpo de artillería y en los hospitales del ejército: persona que interviene en la cuenta y razón de los caudales y efectos.
  2. 2
    Oficio honorífico de la casa real, según la etiqueta de la de Borgoña, equivalente a lo que, según la de Castilla, llamaban veedor. Intervenía las cuentas, los gastos, las libranzas, los cargos de alhajas y muebles, y ejercía otras funciones importantes.
  3. 3
    Funcionario que controla las cuentas, gastos y finanzas estatales.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontralor,cnotralor,conntralor,conrtalor,contarlor,contrallor,contralorr,contralro,contraolr,contrlaor,contrralor,conttralor,cotnralor,ocntralor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contralor

Misspelling Variants of "contralor"

ccontralor10cnotralor9conntralor10conrtalor9contarlor9contrallor10contralorr10contralro9
Misspelling Variants of "contralor"

Frequency rank: #27,165 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contralor"?
"contralor" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ].
What does "contralor" mean?
As a noun, "contralor" means: En el cuerpo de artillería y en los hospitales del ejército: persona que interviene en la cuenta y razón de los caudales y efectos.
What words are commonly confused with "contralor"?
"contralor" is commonly confused with "contrato", "controlo", "controlar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contralor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contralor" is [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈloɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contralor" come from?
"contralor" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.