cretenses
[kɾeˈt̪ẽnses]
The verdict
“cretenses” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,284 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,284
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de cretense.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cretenses · cretenses · Spanish
cretenses · rank #98,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,284
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cruentos
Nearest frequency peer: cruentos (+2 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 “cretenses”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- costurero
costurero
1,722 corpus weight
- couldn't
couldn't
1,721 corpus weight
- coward
coward
1,720 corpus weight
- cretenses
cretenses
1,717 corpus weight
- cruentos
cruentos
1,715 corpus weight
- crónicamente
crónicamente
1,713 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cretenses” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cretenses |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɾeˈt̪ẽnses] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cretenses” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cretenses is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,284 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɾeˈt̪ẽnses]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de cretense.".
cretenses has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 cretenses, spelled C-R-E-T-E-N-S-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de cretense.
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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