contributo
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
- 3,948
- “C” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - contribuição
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contributo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “contributo” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around contributo, anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,386 among 3,948 “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
- 1contribuição
This word in other languages
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.
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 “contributo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is C-O-N-T-R-I-B-U-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “contribuir” - see the side-by-side comparison. contributo vs contribuir
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.