continencia
[kõn̪t̪iˈnẽnsja]
The verdict
“continencia” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Virtud que modera y refrena las pasiones y afectos del ánimo, y hace que el hombre viva con sobriedad y templanza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-continencia · continencia · Spanish
continencia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" 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 | continencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪iˈnẽnsja] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “continencia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
continencia is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõn̪t̪iˈnẽnsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
continencia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is continencia, spelled C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Virtud que modera y refrena las pasiones y afectos del ánimo, y hace que el hombre viva con sobriedad y templanza.
- 2Abstinencia de los deleites carnales.
- 3Acción de contener.
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.