contraditório
/kõ.tɾɐ.di.ˈtɔ.ɾju/
The verdict
“contraditório” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,246. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,246
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que se contradiz ou contradita
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraditório |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kõ.tɾɐ.di.ˈtɔ.ɾju/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #17,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contraditório” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around contraditório (IPA /kõ.tɾɐ.di.ˈtɔ.ɾju/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,246 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for contraditório, with forms such as "ccontraditório", "cnotraditório", and "conntraditório". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is contraditório, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-T-Ó-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1aquele que se contradiz ou contradita
- 2algo que contenha contradição; incoerente
- 3algo que seja objeto de discussão, contestação, objeção
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontraditório
- cnotraditório
- conntraditório
- conrtaditório
- contarditório
- contradditório
- contraditróio
- contradittório
- contraditóiro
- contraditóroi
- contraditórrio
- contradiótrio
- contradtiório
- contraidtório
- contrdaitório
- contrraditório
- conttraditório
- cotnraditório
- ocntraditório
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contraditório - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “contraditório”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-D-I-T-Ó-R-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.tɾɐ.di.ˈtɔ.ɾju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.