contratista
[kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ist̪a]
The verdict
“contratista” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,573. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona o empresa que, en el marco de un contrato, realiza una obra o presta un servicio.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contratista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ist̪a] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #15,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contratista” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around contratista (IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ist̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,573 among 77,812 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona o empresa que, en el marco de un contrato, realiza una obra o presta un servicio.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for contratista, with forms such as "ccontratista", "cnotratista", and "conntratista". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is contratista, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona o empresa que, en el marco de un contrato, realiza una obra o presta un servicio.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontratista
- cnotratista
- conntratista
- conrtatista
- contartista
- contraitsta
- contratisat
- contratissta
- contratistta
- contratitsa
- contratsita
- contrattista
- contrratista
- contrtaista
- conttratista
- cotnratista
- ocntratista
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contratista - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “contratista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-T-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪ist̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.