contemplar
/kõ.tẽ.ˈplaɾ/
The verdict
“contemplar” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,664. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,664
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - olhar, observar, atenta ou embevecidamente
Corpus desk
Index PT-contemplar · contemplar · Portuguese
contemplar · rank #19,664 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,664
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH contact
Nearest frequency peer: contact (-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 “contemplar”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- ci
ci
80,346 corpus weight
- contact
contact
80,338 corpus weight
- contemplar
contemplar
80,337 corpus weight
- cordel
cordel
80,333 corpus weight
- couve
couve
80,330 corpus weight
- cárcere
cárcere
80,328 corpus weight
What this shows “contemplar” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | contemplar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.tẽ.ˈplaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “contemplar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around contemplar (IPA /kõ.tẽ.ˈplaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,664 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for contemplar, with forms such as "ccontemplar", "cnotemplar", and "conetmplar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "contemplada", 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 contemplar, spelled C-O-N-T-E-M-P-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1olhar, observar, atenta ou embevecidamente
- 2considerar com admiração ou com amor
- 3ver ou admirar com o pensamento
- 4dar algo como prêmio
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contemplar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A exposição se estende por quatro salas onde o público poderá contemplar a singularidade e a sensibilidade de cada imagem.
Este mês fui contemplado no consórcio do carro.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontemplar
- cnotemplar
- conetmplar
- conntemplar
- contemlpar
- contemmplar
- contempalr
- contemplarr
- contempllar
- contemplra
- contempplar
- contepmlar
- contmeplar
- conttemplar
- cotnemplar
- ocntemplar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contemplar - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contemplar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).