contrataste
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ast̪e]
The verdict
“contrataste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,205 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,205
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contratar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contrataste · contrataste · Spanish
contrataste · rank #97,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,205
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contrapropues…
Nearest frequency peer: contrapropuesta (-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 “contrataste”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contraerá
contraerá
2,799 corpus weight
- contramarcha
contramarcha
2,798 corpus weight
- contrapropu…
contrapropuesta
2,797 corpus weight
- contrataste
contrataste
2,796 corpus weight
- convencemos
convencemos
2,794 corpus weight
- convergieron
convergieron
2,793 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contrataste” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrataste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ast̪e] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #97,205 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contrataste” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contrataste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,205 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ast̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contratar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for contrataste, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is contrataste, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contratar.
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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