contato
The verdict
“contato” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,160 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,160
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- 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 | contato |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,160 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contato” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for contato is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,160 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for contato, with forms such as "ccontato", "cnotato", and "conatto". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "conto", "contudo", "contigo", 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, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is contato, spelled C-O-N-T-A-T-O.
Definition
- 1o fato de contactar
- 2o fato de um corpo estar tocando em outro
- 3pessoa que age como intermediário entre duas outras
- 4ativação que põe em funcionamento o motor de automóvel
- 5peça que funciona como circuito que ao ser fechado faz com que o automóvel em relação ao seu motor fique ligado
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ccontato,cnotato,conatto,conntato,contaot,contatto,conttao,conttato,cotnato,ocntato
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contato - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “contato”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-A-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “conto” - see the side-by-side comparison. contato vs conto
- 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.