contíguo

/kõ.ˈʧi.gwu/

//kõ.ˈʧi.gwu// adj

The verdict

“contíguo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #74,605 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,605
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está em contato; adjacente; junto; próximo

Corpus desk

Index PT-contiguo · contíguo · Portuguese

contíguo · rank #74,605 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,605
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH compleição

Nearest frequency peer: compleição (-10 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “contíguo”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “contíguo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contíguo
PropertyValue
Headwordcontíguo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/kõ.ˈʧi.gwu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#74,605
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “contíguo” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.contíguocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “compleição” (#74,595), “cogito” (#74,589), “classicamente” (#74,584). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contíguo” fica em #74,605. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contíguo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #74,605 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kõ.ˈʧi.gwu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que está em contato; adjacente; junto; próximo".

contíguo has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 contíguo, spelled C-O-N-T-Í-G-U-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que está em contato; adjacente; junto; próximo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Em suas décadas áureas, o hotel - e o restaurante contíguo - era refinado ponto de encontro de autoridades, intelectuais e artistas.

This word in other languages

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 "contíguo"?
"contíguo" is spelled C-O-N-T-Í-G-U-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.ˈʧi.gwu/.
What does "contíguo" mean?
As an adjective, "contíguo" means: que está em contato; adjacente; junto; próximo
How do you pronounce "contíguo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contíguo" is /kõ.ˈʧi.gwu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list