contrato
[kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]
The verdict
“contrato” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,261. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,261
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-contrato · contrato · Spanish
contrato · rank #1,261 · 12 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,261
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH alguno
Nearest frequency peer: alguno (-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 “contrato”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- triste
triste
98,742 corpus weight
- alguno
alguno
98,741 corpus weight
- contrato
contrato
98,740 corpus weight
- David
David
98,739 corpus weight
- debate
debate
98,738 corpus weight
- dieron
dieron
98,737 corpus weight
What this shows “contrato” 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 | contrato |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,261 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “contrato”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around contrato (IPA [kõn̪ˈt̪ɾat̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,261 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrato, with forms such as "ccontrato", "cnotrato", and "conntrato". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 contrato, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1Acuerdo 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.
- 2Documento donde quedan consignados todos los puntos y condiciones de tal convenio.
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrato - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "contrato", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).