Which to use
“contingente” and “contundente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,851
- “contingente” frequency rank
- #22,264
- “contundente” frequency rank
- 35115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contingente | contundente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | possível, mas não certo; incidental; casual | que contunde, pisa ou tritura |
Where the eye mixes contingente and contundente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. contingente and contundente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses contingente with contundente
A purely visual mix-up. contingente (/kõ.tĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/) and contundente (/kõ.tũ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contingente is recorded at frequency rank #12,851, classified as anadj, pronounced /kõ.tĩ.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/. contundente is at rank #22,264, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kõ.tũ.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 35115, this pair ranks #31,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of contingente vs contundente
Shared letters: cenot. Private to "contingente": gi. Private to "contundente": du.
"contingente" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV · "contundente" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- contingente ← ccontingente · cnotingente · conitngente · conntingente · contignente · continegnte · contingenet · contingennte
- contundente ← ccontundente · cnotundente · conntundente · contnudente · conttundente · contudnente · contunddente · contundenet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contingente" and "contundente" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "contingente" vs "contundente" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "contingente" and "contundente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "contingente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "contundente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contingente" and "contundente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "contingente vs convincente". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #31,985 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.