contracenar

/kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/

//kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ// verb

The verdict

“contracenar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,022 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atuar ao lado de outro ator

Corpus desk

Index PT-contracenar · contracenar · Portuguese

contracenar · rank #68,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,022
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH contorcer

Nearest frequency peer: contorcer (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “contracenar”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contracenar
PropertyValue
Headwordcontracenar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “contracenar” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).contracenarcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “contorcer” (#68,021), “consignação” (#68,020), “cornija” (#68,026). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contracenar” fica em #68,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contracenar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,022 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "atuar ao lado de outro ator".

No misspelling variants are generated for contracenar in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is contracenar, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-N-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    atuar ao lado de outro ator

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 "contracenar"?
"contracenar" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-C-E-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/.
What does "contracenar" mean?
As a verb, "contracenar" means: atuar ao lado de outro ator
How do you pronounce "contracenar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contracenar" is /kõ.tɾɐ.sɨ.ˈnaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contracenar" come from?
"contracenar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list