conto

//ˈkõ.tu// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,366

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

conto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita Pronounced /ˈkõ.tu/. It ranks #2,366 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with copo and coro.

Key facts for conto
PropertyValue
Headwordconto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈkõ.tu/
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,366
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for conto is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈkõ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,366 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for conto, with forms such as "cconto", "cnoto", and "connto". 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, "copo", "coro", "cota", 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 conto, spelled C-O-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita
  2. 2
    um milhar de escudos
  3. 3
    um milhão de réis
  4. 4
    contabilidade pública
  5. 5
    extremidade inferior da lança ou bastão
  6. 6
    uma unidade de dinheiro que equivale a cem centavos de moeda vigente

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: cconto,cnoto,connto,conot,contto,cotno,ocnto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for conto

Misspelling Variants of "conto"

cconto6cnoto5connto6conot5contto6cotno5ocnto5
Misspelling Variants of "conto"

Frequency rank: #2,366 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "conto"?
"conto" is spelled C-O-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkõ.tu/.
What does "conto" mean?
As a noun, "conto" means: narração fictícia breve, menor que uma novela, falada ou escrita
What words are commonly confused with "conto"?
"conto" is commonly confused with "copo", "coro", "cota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "conto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "conto" is /ˈkõ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "conto" come from?
"conto" 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.