# contestado vs contratado

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### contestado
*verb · IPA [kõn̪t̪esˈt̪að̞o] · frequency rank #15,059*
Participio de contestar.

### contratado
*verb · IPA [kõn̪t̪ɾaˈt̪að̞o] · frequency rank #7,532*
Participio de contratar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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