contraten
[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪ẽn]
The verdict
“contraten” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #35,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,432
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de contratar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contraten · contraten · Spanish
contraten · rank #35,432 · 14 variants · 14 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,432
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contaremos
Nearest frequency peer: contaremos (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “contraten”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- consonante
consonante
64,572 corpus weight
- contaminadas
contaminadas
64,571 corpus weight
- contaremos
contaremos
64,570 corpus weight
- contraten
contraten
64,569 corpus weight
- coordinadas
coordinadas
64,568 corpus weight
- cordialmente
cordialmente
64,567 corpus weight
What this shows “contraten” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #35,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “contraten”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around contraten (IPA [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪ẽn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #35,432 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for contraten, with forms such as "ccontraten", "cnotraten", and "conntraten". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "contrato", "contratos", "controlen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is contraten, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de contratar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de contratar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontraten
- cnotraten
- conntraten
- conrtaten
- contarten
- contraetn
- contratenn
- contratne
- contratten
- contrraten
- contrtaen
- conttraten
- cotnraten
- ocntraten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contraten - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contraten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).