controverso

//kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su// adj

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,291

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

controverso is anPortugueseadj. It means: contestado Pronounced /kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su/. Often confused with controvérsia.

Key facts for controverso
PropertyValue
Headwordcontroverso
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su/
Letters11
Frequency rank#15,291
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of controverso in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for controverso is 11 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su/. Corpus data places it at rank #15,291 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for controverso, with forms such as "ccontroverso", "cnotroverso", and "conntroverso". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "controvérsia", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is controverso, spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    contestado
  2. 2
    sujeito a controvérsia

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ccontroverso,cnotroverso,conntroverso,conrtoverso,contorverso,controevrso,controveros,controverrso,controversso,controvesro,controvreso,controvverso,contrroverso,contrvoerso,conttroverso,cotnroverso,ocntroverso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for controverso

Misspelling Variants of "controverso"

ccontroverso12cnotroverso11conntroverso12conrtoverso11contorverso11controevrso11controveros11controverrso12
Misspelling Variants of "controverso"

Frequency rank: #15,291 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "controverso"?
"controverso" is spelled C-O-N-T-R-O-V-E-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is /kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su/.
What does "controverso" mean?
As an adj, "controverso" means: contestado
What words are commonly confused with "controverso"?
"controverso" is commonly confused with "controvérsia". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "controverso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "controverso" is /kõ.tɾu.ˈvɛɾ.su/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "controverso" come from?
"controverso" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter C in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.