contramestre
/kõ.tɾɐ.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“contramestre” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,340 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,340
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o imediato ao mestre ou ao seu substituto
Corpus desk
Index PT-contramestre · contramestre · Portuguese
contramestre · rank #72,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,340
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH cooptar
Nearest frequency peer: cooptar (+4 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 “contramestre”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- clava
clava
27,680 corpus weight
- contramestre
contramestre
27,661 corpus weight
- cooptar
cooptar
27,657 corpus weight
- corrimento
corrimento
27,655 corpus weight
- cosseno
cosseno
27,651 corpus weight
- cumulativam…
cumulativamente
27,643 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “contramestre” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contramestre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #72,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “contramestre” em português
Rare enough to double-check
contramestre is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,340 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈmɛʃ.tɾɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contramestre, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is contramestre, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-M-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1o imediato ao mestre ou ao seu substituto
- 2abaixo do mestre ou do chefe
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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