contacto
/kõ.ˈtak.tu/
The verdict
“contacto” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,803 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,803
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o fato de contactar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contacto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.ˈtak.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,803 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contacto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for contacto is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈtak.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,803 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for contacto, with forms such as "ccontacto", "cnotacto", and "conatcto". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "contato", "cotação", "contrato", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is contacto, spelled C-O-N-T-A-C-T-O.
Definition
- 1o fato de contactar
- 2estar tocando um corpo no outro
- 3pessoa que age como intermediário entre duas outras
- 4o facto de um motor de automóvel começar a funcionar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccontacto,cnotacto,conatcto,conntacto,contaccto,contacot,contactto,contatco,contcato,conttacto,cotnacto,ocntacto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contacto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “contacto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-A-C-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.ˈtak.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “contato” - see the side-by-side comparison. contacto vs contato
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.