tenten
/ˈtɛntɛn/noun
tenten is spelled T-E-N-T-E-N: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tenten means “A diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tenten is tentens.
How many letters and syllables are in tenten?
| Letters | 6: T-E-N-T-E-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 113,022nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tenten?
Tenten appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 113,022nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tenten?
- /ˈtɛntɛn/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with tenten?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tenten.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tenent.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tenten
- tentens plural
- ten-ten
- ten ten
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tenten mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
colloquialA diacritic (゛) used with Japanese kana to mark a consonant as voiced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does tenten come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 点々(てんてん) (tenten, literally “dots”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).