contrastes

/[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,951

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

contrastes is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de contrastar. Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es]. Often confused with contratos and contraten.

Key facts for contrastes
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrastes
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es]
Letters10
Frequency rank#21,951
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contrastes is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,951 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de contrastar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for contrastes, with forms such as "ccontrastes", "cnotrastes", and "conntrastes". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "contratos", "contraten", "contratas", 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 contrastes, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de contrastar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrastes,cnotrastes,conntrastes,conrtastes,contarstes,contrasets,contrasstes,contrastess,contrastse,contrasttes,contratses,contrrastes,contrsates,conttrastes,cotnrastes,ocntrastes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contrastes

Misspelling Variants of "contrastes"

ccontrastes11cnotrastes10conntrastes11conrtastes10contarstes10contrasets10contrasstes11contrastess11
Misspelling Variants of "contrastes"

Frequency rank: #21,951 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrastes"?
"contrastes" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es].
What does "contrastes" mean?
As a verb, "contrastes" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de contrastar.
What words are commonly confused with "contrastes"?
"contrastes" is commonly confused with "contratos", "contraten", "contratas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrastes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrastes" is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾast̪es]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrastes" come from?
"contrastes" 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.