contraté
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪e]
The verdict
“contraté” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,171 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,171
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contratar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contrate · contraté · Spanish
contraté · rank #52,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,171
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contrastada
Nearest frequency peer: contrastada (-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 “contraté”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contestacio…
contestaciones
47,834 corpus weight
- contramaest…
contramaestre
47,832 corpus weight
- contrastada
contrastada
47,831 corpus weight
- contraté
contraté
47,830 corpus weight
- convoyes
convoyes
47,828 corpus weight
- copiada
copiada
47,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contraté” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraté |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contraté” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contraté is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,171 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contratar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contraté, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is contraté, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) 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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