contrair
/kõ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/
The verdict
“contrair” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #22,925. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,925
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - estreitar
Corpus desk
Index PT-contrair · contrair · Portuguese
contrair · rank #22,925 · 12 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,925
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cost
Nearest frequency peer: cost (+3 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.
Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “contrair”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- clonagem
clonagem
77,091 corpus weight
- compatriota
compatriota
77,085 corpus weight
- contrair
contrair
77,076 corpus weight
- cost
cost
77,073 corpus weight
- críquete
críquete
77,071 corpus weight
- desapropria…
desapropriação
77,062 corpus weight
What this shows “contrair” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrair |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #22,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “contrair”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around contrair (IPA /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,925 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for contrair, with forms such as "ccontrair", "cnotrair", and "conntrair". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "contrato", "contrário", "contratar", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is contrair, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1estreitar
- 2apertar
- 3encurtar
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ccontrair
- cnotrair
- conntrair
- conrtair
- contarir
- contrairr
- contrari
- contriar
- contrrair
- conttrair
- cotnrair
- ocntrair
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contrair - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contrair", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).