contraponto

//kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu// noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#17,745

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

contraponto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: arte de juntar uma ou mais partes melódicas a um canto dado Pronounced /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/.

Key facts for contraponto
PropertyValue
Headwordcontraponto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,745
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of contraponto in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for contraponto is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #17,745 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for contraponto, with forms such as "ccontraponto", "cnotraponto", and "conntraponto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is contraponto, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    arte de juntar uma ou mais partes melódicas a um canto dado
  2. 2
    composição musical em que se observaram as regras daquela arte

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontraponto,cnotraponto,conntraponto,conrtaponto,contarponto,contraopnto,contrapnoto,contraponnto,contraponot,contrapontto,contrapotno,contrapponto,contrpaonto,contrraponto,conttraponto,cotnraponto,ocntraponto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for contraponto

Misspelling Variants of "contraponto"

ccontraponto12cnotraponto11conntraponto12conrtaponto11contarponto11contraopnto11contrapnoto11contraponnto12
Misspelling Variants of "contraponto"

Frequency rank: #17,745 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "contraponto"?
"contraponto" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/.
What does "contraponto" mean?
As a noun, "contraponto" means: arte de juntar uma ou mais partes melódicas a um canto dado
What are common misspellings of "contraponto"?
Common misspellings include "ccontraponto", "cnotraponto", "conntraponto", "conrtaponto", "contarponto". The correct spelling is "contraponto".
How do you pronounce "contraponto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contraponto" is /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contraponto" come from?
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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.