conter

//kõ.ˈteɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,457

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conter is aPortugueseverb. It means: encerrar Pronounced /kõ.ˈteɾ/. It ranks #4,457 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with conto and cozer.

Key facts for conter
PropertyValue
Headwordconter
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.ˈteɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,457
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for conter is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.ˈteɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,457 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for conter, with forms such as "cconter", "cnoter", and "conetr". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "conto", "cozer", "contra", 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 conter, spelled C-O-N-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    encerrar
  2. 2
    incluir
  3. 3
    ter dentro de si
  4. 4
    refrear

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconter,cnoter,conetr,connter,conterr,contter,cotner,ocnter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conter

Misspelling Variants of "conter"

cconter7cnoter6conetr6connter7conterr7contter7cotner6ocnter6
Misspelling Variants of "conter"

Frequency rank: #4,457 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conter"?
"conter" is spelled C-O-N-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈteɾ/.
What does "conter" mean?
As a verb, "conter" means: encerrar
What words are commonly confused with "conter"?
"conter" is commonly confused with "conto", "cozer", "contra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conter" is /kõ.ˈteɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conter" come from?
"conter" 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.