contravenir
[kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞eˈniɾ]
The verdict
“contravenir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,010 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,010
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obrar en contra de lo que está mandado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-contravenir · contravenir · Spanish
contravenir · rank #66,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,010
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contrataban
Nearest frequency peer: contrataban (-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 “contravenir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- continuadas
continuadas
33,994 corpus weight
- contrasenti…
contrasentido
33,993 corpus weight
- contrataban
contrataban
33,992 corpus weight
- contravenir
contravenir
33,991 corpus weight
- conéctate
conéctate
33,989 corpus weight
- coníferas
coníferas
33,988 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contravenir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contravenir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞eˈniɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contravenir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contravenir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,010 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞eˈniɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obrar en contra de lo que está mandado.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contravenir in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is contravenir, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-V-E-N-I-R.
Definition
- 1Obrar en contra de lo que está mandado.
Synonyms
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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