atener
[at̪eˈneɾ]
The verdict
“atener” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,609 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,609
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mantener, guardar u observar alguna cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-atener · atener · Spanish
atener · rank #91,609 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,609
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aterciopelados
Nearest frequency peer: aterciopelados (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “atener”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arrojándose
arrojándose
8,397 corpus weight
- asonada
asonada
8,395 corpus weight
- atener
atener
8,392 corpus weight
- aterciopela…
aterciopelados
8,391 corpus weight
- atrever
atrever
8,388 corpus weight
- atreviste
atreviste
8,387 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “atener” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | atener |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [at̪eˈneɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,609 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “atener” en español
Rare enough to double-check
atener is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,609 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [at̪eˈneɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mantener, guardar u observar alguna cosa.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for atener, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is atener, spelled A-T-E-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mantener, guardar u observar alguna cosa.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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