contraportada

[kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a]

/[kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a]/ noun

The verdict

“contraportada” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,484 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,484
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Página que va atrás de la portada. Puede ser una réplica de la portada pero con la diferencia de que, mientras la portada se imprime en pastas duras, la contraportada va en el mismo papel que la te...

Corpus desk

Index ES-contraportada · contraportada · Spanish

contraportada · rank #51,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,484
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH contraindicac…

Nearest frequency peer: contraindicaciones (-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 “contraportada”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contraportada” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contraportada
PropertyValue
Headwordcontraportada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a]
Letters13
Frequency rank#51,484
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “contraportada” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.contraportadacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “contraindicaciones” (#51,483), “contábamos” (#51,485), “contextualizar” (#51,482). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “contraportada” va en #51,484. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contraportada is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,484 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contraportada, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is contraportada, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-R-T-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Página que va atrás de la portada. Puede ser una réplica de la portada pero con la diferencia de que, mientras la portada se imprime en pastas duras, la contraportada va en el mismo papel que la tesis.
  2. 2
    Página par posterior a la portadilla, o página del título, generalmente blanca.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contraportada"?
"contraportada" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-R-T-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a].
What does "contraportada" mean?
As a noun, "contraportada" means: Página que va atrás de la portada. Puede ser una réplica de la portada pero con la diferencia de que, mientras la portada se imprime en pastas duras, la contraportada va en el mismo papel que la te...
How do you pronounce "contraportada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contraportada" is [kõn̪t̪ɾapoɾˈt̪að̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contraportada", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list