detenía
[d̪et̪eˈnia]
The verdict
“detenía” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,955. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,955
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de detener o de detenerse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | detenía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪et̪eˈnia] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #42,955 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “detenía” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around detenía (IPA [d̪et̪eˈnia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #42,955 among 90,663 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for detenía, with forms such as "ddetenía", "deetnía", and "detenaí". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "devenir", "detesta", "detente", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 detenía, spelled D-E-T-E-N-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de detener o de detenerse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de detener o de detenerse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ddetenía
- deetnía
- detenaí
- detennía
- deteína
- detneía
- dettenía
- dteenía
- edtenía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detenía - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “detenía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-E-T-E-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [d̪et̪eˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “devenir” - see the side-by-side comparison. detenía vs devenir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.