contrastar
The verdict
“contrastar” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #62,061 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #62,061
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lutar contra
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrastar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #62,061 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contrastar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for contrastar is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #62,061 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for contrastar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is contrastar, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1lutar contra
- 2resistir a
- 3ser o contraste de
- 4opor-se a; contrariar
- 5tocar contra a pedra
- 6averiguar o quilate de (joias, metais preciosos)
- 7estar em contraste, em oposição
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 “contrastar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-A-S-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.