al tuntún
[al̪ t̪ũn̪ˈt̪ũn]
The verdict
“al tuntún” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sin discernir, sin cálculo, cuidado o método; con descuido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-al-tuntun · al tuntún · Spanish
al tuntún · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | al tuntún |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [al̪ t̪ũn̪ˈt̪ũn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “al tuntún” en español
Rare enough to double-check
al tuntún is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [al̪ t̪ũn̪ˈt̪ũn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sin discernir, sin cálculo, cuidado o método; con descuido.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for al tuntún, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is al tuntún, spelled A-L- -T-U-N-T-Ú-N.
Definition
- 1Sin discernir, sin cálculo, cuidado o método; con descuido.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how al tuntún appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hacer las cosas al tuntún.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.