contrabalançar

//kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ// verb

The verdict

“contrabalançar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #55,455 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#55,455
frequency rank, Portuguese
14
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: equilibrar, igualar em peso

Key facts for contrabalançar
PropertyValue
Headwordcontrabalançar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/
Letters14
Frequency rank#55,455
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “contrabalançar” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). contrabalançar lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for contrabalançar is 14 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,455 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for contrabalançar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 contrabalançar, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-L-A-N-Ç-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    equilibrar, igualar em peso
  2. 2
    compensar, contrapesar

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #55,455 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contrabalançar"?
"contrabalançar" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-L-A-N-Ç-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/.
What does "contrabalançar" mean?
As a verb, "contrabalançar" means: equilibrar, igualar em peso
How do you pronounce "contrabalançar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contrabalançar" is /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contrabalançar" come from?
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Using “contrabalançar”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-L-A-N-Ç-A-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /kõ.tɾɐ.bɐ.lɐ̃.ˈsaɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.