contributo

noun

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The verdict

“contributo” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #19,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,386
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,140
“C” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - contribuição

Corpus desk

Index PT-contributo · contributo · Portuguese

contributo · rank #19,386 · 15 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,386
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH contentar

Nearest frequency peer: contentar (-1 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 “contributo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “contributo” 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).

contributo vs contribuir
80% similar
contributo vs contribuído
82% similar

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

Key facts for contributo
PropertyValue
Headwordcontributo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#19,386
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “contributo”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “contentar” (#19,385), “conversação” (#19,387), “coque” (#19,388). Entre 2,140 lemas com “C”, “contributo” fica em #19,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around contributo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,386 among 2,140 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "contribuição".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for contributo, with forms such as "ccontributo", "cnotributo", and "conntributo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "contribuir", "contribuído", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is contributo, spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    contribuição

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «Os cidadãos podem dar o seu contributo para a melhoria da cidade através do novo portal de sugestões da autarquia.»

This word in other languages

contribution(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ccontributo
  • cnotributo
  • conntributo
  • conrtibuto
  • contirbuto
  • contrbiuto
  • contribbuto
  • contribtuo
  • contribuot
  • contributto
  • contriubto
  • contrributo
  • conttributo
  • cotnributo
  • ocntributo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of contributo - 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.

ccontributo1cnotributo2conntributo1conrtibuto2contirbuto2contrbiuto2contribbuto1contribtuo2
Edit distance from "contributo"

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 "contributo"?
"contributo" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-T-O.
What does "contributo" mean?
As a noun, "contributo" means: contribuição
What words are commonly confused with "contributo"?
"contributo" is commonly confused with "contribuir", "contribuído". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "contributo" come from?
"contributo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

diligência#19,407incansável#19,466televisivo#19,285subjacente#19,276

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

conversação15 variantsilegalidade15 variantscolesterol15 variantscoeficiente15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list