contrastar
The verdict
“contrastar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #62,061 among 2,140 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,061
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,140
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - lutar contra
Corpus desk
Index PT-contrastar · contrastar · Portuguese
contrastar · rank #62,061 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,061
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH copeiro
Nearest frequency peer: copeiro (+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 “contrastar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- coité
coité
37,954 corpus weight
- compostagem
compostagem
37,949 corpus weight
- consecução
consecução
37,945 corpus weight
- contrastar
contrastar
37,940 corpus weight
- copeiro
copeiro
37,936 corpus weight
- códice
códice
37,922 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “contrastar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “contrastar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
contrastar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #62,061 among 2,140 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how contrastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Contrastar um ataque.
O mal contrasta as boas ações.
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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