atender

/[at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,672

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

atender is aSpanishverb. It means: Poner atención, tener los sentidos puestos para captar o comprender algo. :*Sinónimos: escuchar, abrir los ojos, aguzar los oídos, estar a la mira, estar pendiente de, prestar atención, tener puest... Pronounced [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. It ranks #3,672 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ateneo and Atenea.

Key facts for atender
PropertyValue
Headwordatender
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,672
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of atender in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for atender is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,672 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for atender, with forms such as "aetnder", "atedner", and "atendder". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "ateneo", "Atenea", "atente", and more, 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 Spanish form is atender, spelled A-T-E-N-D-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poner atención, tener los sentidos puestos para captar o comprender algo. :*Sinónimos: escuchar, abrir los ojos, aguzar los oídos, estar a la mira, estar pendiente de, prestar atención, tener puestos los cinco sentidos
  2. 2
    Tomar en consideración lo que se expresa, tenerlo en cuenta. :*Sinónimos: considerar, tomar en consideración
  3. 3
    Preocuparse del estado de algo o alguien y hacer lo necesario para que esté bien. :*Uso: se emplea también como transitivo
  4. 4
    Tener un animal un nombre y responder a él.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aetnder,atedner,atendder,atenderr,atendre,atenedr,atennder,atneder,attender,taender

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for atender

Misspelling Variants of "atender"

aetnder7atedner7atendder8atenderr8atendre7atenedr7atennder8atneder7
Misspelling Variants of "atender"

Frequency rank: #3,672 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "atender"?
"atender" is spelled A-T-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ].
What does "atender" mean?
As a verb, "atender" means: Poner atención, tener los sentidos puestos para captar o comprender algo. :*Sinónimos: escuchar, abrir los ojos, aguzar los oídos, estar a la mira, estar pendiente de, prestar atención, tener puest...
What words are commonly confused with "atender"?
"atender" is commonly confused with "ateneo", "Atenea", "atente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "atender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "atender" is [at̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "atender" come from?
"atender" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.