contato

noun

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The verdict

“contato” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,160. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,160
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o fato de contactar

Corpus desk

Index PT-contato · contato · Portuguese

contato · rank #1,160 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,160
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH andar

Nearest frequency peer: andar (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “contato”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “contato” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

contato vs conto
71% similar
contato vs contudo
71% similar
contato vs contigo
71% similar

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

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “contato”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.contatocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “andar” (#1,159), “crescimento” (#1,161), “céu” (#1,163). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contato” fica em #1,160. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around contato, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,160 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how contato appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A chave está no contato.

This word in other languages

contact(English)contact(Français)Kontakt(Deutsch)

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.

ccontato1cnotato2conatto2conntato1contaot2contatto1conttao2conttato1
Edit distance from "contato"

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.

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. 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 Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

direita#1,165procura#1,152escrito#1,144cuidado#1,142

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

proteção10 variantssozinho10 variantsprática10 variantsestrada10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list