contralto
[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾal̪t̪o]
The verdict
“contralto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,628 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,628
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Voz media entre el tiple y el tenor, que es más aguda que una voz masculina, pero más grave que una femenina.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contralto · contralto · Spanish
contralto · rank #86,628 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,628
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contenciosos
Nearest frequency peer: contenciosos (-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 “contralto”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- consabido
consabido
13,378 corpus weight
- contaminen
contaminen
13,376 corpus weight
- contemplaron
contemplaron
13,375 corpus weight
- contenciosos
contenciosos
13,374 corpus weight
- contralto
contralto
13,373 corpus weight
- contá
contá
13,372 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contralto” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contralto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾal̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,628 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contralto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contralto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,628 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾal̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Voz media entre el tiple y el tenor, que es más aguda que una voz masculina, pero más grave que una femenina.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contralto, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is contralto, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1Voz media entre el tiple y el tenor, que es más aguda que una voz masculina, pero más grave que una femenina.
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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