contrario

\kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\

/\kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\/ adj

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The verdict

“contrario” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,792. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,792
frequency rank, French
8,609
“C” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Contraire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-contrario · contrario · French

contrario · rank #19,792 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,792
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,609
  • PHOTO-FINISH contracter

Nearest frequency peer: contracter (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrario »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « contrario » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contrario vs contrarie
89% similar
contrario vs contrarier
80% similar
contrario vs contrariée
80% similar

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

Key facts for contrario
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrario
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,792
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « contrario »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).contrariose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « contracter » (#19,791), « convoque » (#19,793), « constructif » (#19,790). Parmi 8,609 lemmes en « C », « contrario » est au #19,792. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around contrario (IPA \kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,792 among 8,609 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Contraire.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrario, with forms such as "ccontrario", "cnotrario", and "conntrario". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "contrarie", "contrarier", "contrariée", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is contrario, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contraire.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontrario
  • cnotrario
  • conntrario
  • conrtario
  • contarrio
  • contrairo
  • contraroi
  • contrarrio
  • contrraio
  • contrrario
  • conttrario
  • cotnrario
  • ocntrario

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ccontrario1cnotrario2conntrario1conrtario2contarrio2contrairo2contraroi2contrarrio1
Edit distance from "contrario"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrario"?
"contrario" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-R-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is \kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\.
What does "contrario" mean?
As an adjective, "contrario" means: Contraire.
What words are commonly confused with "contrario"?
"contrario" is commonly confused with "contrarie", "contrarier", "contrariée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contrario"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrario" is \kon.ˈtɾa.ɾjo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrario" come from?
"contrario" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

courtiers#19,796concerner#19,787diligence#19,807disposées#19,808

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

connection13 variantsdéportés13 variantsdésirant13 variantsexplosive13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list