contuvo

Name: contuvo, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o]

/[kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“contuvo” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #43,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#43,482
frequency rank, Spanish: 8,288
“C” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-contuvo · contuvo · Spanish

contuvo · rank #43,482 · 11 variants · 9 confusables

FREQ-MID #43,482
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-DENSE 8,288
PHOTO-FINISH contarse

Nearest frequency peer: contarse (-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.

constituiría

56,522
consumidas

56,521
contarse

56,520
contuvo

56,519
convertiste

56,518
convocará

56,517

What this shows “contuvo” 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).

contuvo vs contó

57% similar

contuvo vs conteo

71% similar

contuvo vs contigo

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contuvo
Property	Value
Headword	contuvo
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#43,482
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “contuvo”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.contuvocae aquí:

#43,482

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “contarse” (#43,481), “convertiste” (#43,483), “consumidas” (#43,480). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “contuvo” va en #43,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around contuvo (IPA [kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o]), averb. Corpus frequency is #43,482 among 8,288 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for contuvo, with forms such as "ccontuvo", "cnotuvo", and "conntuvo". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "contó", "conteo", "contigo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is contuvo, spelled C-O-N-T-U-V-O.

Definition

1
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ccontuvo
cnotuvo
conntuvo
conttuvo
contubo
contuov
contuvvo
contvuo
conutvo
cotnuvo
ocntuvo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contuvo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "contuvo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contuvo"?

"contuvo" is spelled C-O-N-T-U-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o].

What does "contuvo" mean?

As a verb, "contuvo" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de contener o de contenerse.

What words are commonly confused with "contuvo"?

"contuvo" is commonly confused with "contó", "conteo", "contigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "contuvo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contuvo" is [kõn̪ˈt̪uβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "contuvo" come from?

"contuvo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contuvo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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