contralto
/kõ.ˈtɾaɫ.tu/
The verdict
“contralto” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #83,657 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,657
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a classificação mais grave de vozes femininas
Corpus desk
Index PT-contralto · contralto · Portuguese
contralto · rank #83,657 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,657
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH contrabaixista
Nearest frequency peer: contrabaixista (-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 “contralto”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- contrabaixi…
contrabaixista
16,345 corpus weight
- contralto
contralto
16,344 corpus weight
- controverti…
controvertido
16,342 corpus weight
- copeira
copeira
16,338 corpus weight
- COPOM
COPOM
16,337 corpus weight
- copular
copular
16,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “contralto” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contralto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.ˈtɾaɫ.tu/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #83,657 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “contralto” em português
Rare enough to double-check
contralto is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #83,657 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kõ.ˈtɾaɫ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a classificação mais grave de vozes femininas".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contralto in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is contralto, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-L-T-O.
Definition
- 1a classificação mais grave de vozes femininas
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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