contre

/kɔ̃tʁ/

//kɔ̃tʁ// prep

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The verdict

“contre” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #45,771. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,771
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contra, encostado em, perto de, próximo a:

Corpus desk

Index PT-contre · contre · Portuguese

contre · rank #45,771 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,771
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH conca

Nearest frequency peer: conca (-6 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “contre”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “contre” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

contre vs core
67% similar
contre vs country
71% similar
contre vs controle
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for contre
PropertyValue
Headwordcontre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPreposition
IPA/kɔ̃tʁ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,771
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “contre”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).contrecai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “conca” (#45,765), “compulsivamente” (#45,764), “colono” (#45,759). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contre” fica em #45,771. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around contre (IPA /kɔ̃tʁ/), apreposition. Corpus frequency is #45,771 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for contre, with forms such as "ccontre", "cnotre", and "conntre". 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 also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "core", "country", "controle", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is contre, spelled C-O-N-T-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    contra, encostado em, perto de, próximo a:
  2. 2
    contra, em oposição a

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La paille est contre la maison.
  2. Il prit position contre son père.

Antonyms

loinpour

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontre
  • cnotre
  • conntre
  • conrte
  • contrre
  • conttre
  • cotnre
  • ocntre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ccontre1cnotre2conntre1conrte2contrre1conttre1cotnre2ocntre2
Edit distance from "contre"

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 "contre"?
"contre" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /kɔ̃tʁ/.
What does "contre" mean?
As a preposition, "contre" means: contra, encostado em, perto de, próximo a:
What words are commonly confused with "contre"?
"contre" is commonly confused with "core", "country", "controle". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "contre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "contre" is /kɔ̃tʁ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "contre" come from?
"contre" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "contre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

colono#45,759caudal#45,742device#45,804bandar#45,713

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

enjoar8 variantsfiador8 variantsadmire8 variantsjudoca8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list