contraponto
/kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/
The verdict
“contraponto” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,745. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,745
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - arte de juntar uma ou mais partes melódicas a um canto dado
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contraponto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contraponto” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around contraponto (IPA /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,745 among 3,948 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for contraponto, with forms such as "ccontraponto", "cnotraponto", and "conntraponto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 contraponto, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1arte de juntar uma ou mais partes melódicas a um canto dado
- 2composição musical em que se observaram as regras daquela arte
This word in other languages
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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contraponto - 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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Using “contraponto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-P-O-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /kõ.tɾɐ.ˈpõ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.