Which to use
“Contesta” is a name and “cortesía” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,937
- “Contesta” frequency rank
- #7,838
- “cortesía” frequency rank
- 13775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Contesta | cortesía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ciudad de Italia, provincia de Palermo, cerca de Corleone. Era una antigua colonia albanesa de los montes de Corleone. | Calidad o cualidad de cortés. |
Where the eye mixes Contesta and cortesía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Contesta (CVCCVCCV) and cortesía (CVCCVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Contesta vs cortesía
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Contesta is [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a] while cortesía is [koɾt̪eˈsia]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13775, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Contesta is recorded at frequency rank #5,937, classified as aname, pronounced [kõn̪ˈt̪est̪a]. cortesía is at rank #7,838, tagged as anoun, pronounced [koɾt̪eˈsia].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13775, this pair ranks #286,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Contesta vs cortesía
Shared letters: aceost. Private to "Contesta": n. Private to "cortesía": rí.
"Contesta" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCV · "cortesía" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Contesta ← ccontesta · cnotesta · conetsta · conntesta · contesat · contessta · contestta · contetsa
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Contesta" and "cortesía" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Contesta" or "cortesía"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Contesta" and "cortesía" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Contesta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cortesía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Contesta" and "cortesía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Cornelia vs cortesía". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #286,598 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.