contato

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,160

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

contato is aPortuguesenoun. It means: o fato de contactar It ranks #1,160 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with conto and contudo.

Key facts for contato
PropertyValue
Headwordcontato
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#1,160
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contato in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for contato is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for contato, with forms such as "ccontato", "cnotato", and "conatto". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "conto", "contudo", "contigo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is contato, spelled C-O-N-T-A-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    o fato de contactar
  2. 2
    o fato de um corpo estar tocando em outro
  3. 3
    pessoa que age como intermediário entre duas outras
  4. 4
    ativação que põe em funcionamento o motor de automóvel
  5. 5
    peça 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contato

Misspelling Variants of "contato"

ccontato8cnotato7conatto7conntato8contaot7contatto8conttao7conttato8
Misspelling Variants of "contato"

Frequency rank: #1,160 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contato"?
"contato" is spelled C-O-N-T-A-T-O.
What does "contato" mean?
As a noun, "contato" means: o fato de contactar
What words are commonly confused with "contato"?
"contato" is commonly confused with "conto", "contudo", "contigo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "contato" come from?
"contato" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.