Which to use
“contre” is a preposition and “country” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,771
- “contre” frequency rank
- #4,546
- “country” frequency rank
- 50317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | contre | country |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | contra, encostado em, perto de, próximo a: | que tem o estilo estético associado às festas do peão, rodeio |
Letter map: contre vs country
Shared letters muted; letters that set contre and country apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. contre runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against country's 7 (CVVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for contre / country
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: contre is apreposition and countryanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
contre is recorded at frequency rank #45,771, classified as aprep, pronounced /kɔ̃tʁ/. country is at rank #4,546, tagged as anadj.
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 50317, this pair ranks #14,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of contre vs country
Shared letters: cnort. Private to "contre": e. Private to "country": uy.
"contre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "country" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "contre" and "country" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "contre" or "country"?
What to do next
Pair "contre" vs "country" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "contre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "country" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "contre" and "country" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coentro vs contre". 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 #14,654 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.