contraluz
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈlus]
The verdict
“contraluz” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,382 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,382
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vista de un objeto desde el sentido opuesto al de la luz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contraluz · contraluz · Spanish
contraluz · rank #74,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,382
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contract
Nearest frequency peer: contract (-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 “contraluz”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- consumibles
consumibles
25,623 corpus weight
- contraalmir…
contraalmirante
25,621 corpus weight
- contract
contract
25,620 corpus weight
- contraluz
contraluz
25,619 corpus weight
- contrastadas
contrastadas
25,618 corpus weight
- contáis
contáis
25,616 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contraluz” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraluz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈlus] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,382 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contraluz” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contraluz is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,382 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈlus]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
contraluz doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is contraluz, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-U-Z.
Definition
- 1Vista de un objeto desde el sentido opuesto al de la luz.
- 2Fotografía tomada desde el sentido opuesto al de la luz.
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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