contraparte

noun

The verdict

“contraparte” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,866 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,866
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que contrapartida

Corpus desk

Index PT-contraparte · contraparte · Portuguese

contraparte · rank #54,866 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,866
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH corcel

Nearest frequency peer: corcel (+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 “contraparte”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for contraparte
PropertyValue
Headwordcontraparte
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,866
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “contraparte” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.contrapartecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “corcel” (#54,870), “corolário” (#54,872), “concebível” (#54,856). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contraparte” fica em #54,866. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

contraparte is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,866 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que contrapartida".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for contraparte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is contraparte, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-A-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    o mesmo que contrapartida

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how contraparte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mas o Banco Central Europeu (BCE), contraparte europeia do Federal Reserve (Fed) americano, saiu em defesa do Continente.

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 "contraparte"?
"contraparte" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-A-R-T-E.
What does "contraparte" mean?
As a noun, "contraparte" means: o mesmo que contrapartida
What language does "contraparte" come from?
"contraparte" 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 "contraparte", 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