contrato

/[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,261

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

contrato is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acuerdo de palabra o por escrito mediante el que las partes implicadas se obligan mutuamente a llevar a cabo lo pactado y cuyo incumplimiento puede llevar a su ejecución forzada o a través de algún... Pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]. It ranks #1,261 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with controlo and contratos.

Key facts for contrato
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrato
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,261
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for contrato is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for contrato, with forms such as "ccontrato", "cnotrato", and "conntrato". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "controlo", "contratos", "contra", 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 contrato, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acuerdo de palabra o por escrito mediante el que las partes implicadas se obligan mutuamente a llevar a cabo lo pactado y cuyo incumplimiento puede llevar a su ejecución forzada o a través de algún tipo de autoridad.
  2. 2
    Documento donde quedan consignados todos los puntos y condiciones de tal convenio.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontrato,cnotrato,conntrato,conrtato,contarto,contraot,contratto,contrrato,contrtao,conttrato,cotnrato,ocntrato

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contrato

Misspelling Variants of "contrato"

ccontrato9cnotrato8conntrato9conrtato8contarto8contraot8contratto9contrrato9
Misspelling Variants of "contrato"

Frequency rank: #1,261 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrato"?
"contrato" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o].
What does "contrato" mean?
As a noun, "contrato" means: Acuerdo de palabra o por escrito mediante el que las partes implicadas se obligan mutuamente a llevar a cabo lo pactado y cuyo incumplimiento puede llevar a su ejecución forzada o a través de algún...
What words are commonly confused with "contrato"?
"contrato" is commonly confused with "controlo", "contratos", "contra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrato"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrato" is [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrato" come from?
"contrato" 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.