contramano
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈmano]
The verdict
“contramano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,757 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,757
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dicho de la marcha de un vehículo sobre una calle: en sentido opuesto al reglamentario.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contramano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈmano] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,757 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contramano” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
contramano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,757 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈmano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de la marcha de un vehículo sobre una calle: en sentido opuesto al reglamentario.".
contramano doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is contramano, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-M-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Dicho de la marcha de un vehículo sobre una calle: en sentido opuesto al reglamentario.
This word in other languages
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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Using “contramano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-M-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈmano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.