detenimiento

Name: detenimiento, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o]

/[d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“detenimiento” has 17 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,170. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,170
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,885
“D” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de detenerse (tomar el tiempo para considerar algo; cesar el movimiento).

Corpus desk

Index ES-detenimiento · detenimiento · Spanish

detenimiento · rank #32,170 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #32,170
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 4,885
PHOTO-FINISH destrozados

Nearest frequency peer: destrozados (-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.

descompuesto

67,835
desestimar

67,833
destrozados

67,832
detenimiento

67,831
detuviera

67,830
diminutos

67,828

What this shows “detenimiento” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Key facts for detenimiento
Property	Value
Headword	detenimiento
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o]
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#32,170
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “detenimiento”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).detenimientocae aquí:

#32,170

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “destrozados” (#32,169), “detuviera” (#32,171), “desestimar” (#32,168). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “detenimiento” va en #32,170. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around detenimiento (IPA [d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,170 among 4,885 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for detenimiento, with forms such as "ddetenimiento", "deetnimiento", and "deteinmiento". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is detenimiento, spelled D-E-T-E-N-I-M-I-E-N-T-O.

Definition

1
Acción y efecto de detenerse (tomar el tiempo para considerar algo; cesar el movimiento).
2
Pausa, calma, esmero o actitud minuciosa para llevar a cabo algo.
3
Proceso y resultado de detener (parar, interrumpir, prender judicialmente).

Synonyms

detención detención detención

This word in other languages

thoroughness(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ddetenimiento
deetnimiento
deteinmiento
deteniimento
detenimeinto
detenimiennto
detenimienot
detenimientto
detenimietno
detenimineto
detenimmiento
detenmiiento
detennimiento
detneimiento
dettenimiento
dteenimiento
edtenimiento

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of detenimiento - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "detenimiento"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "detenimiento"?

"detenimiento" is spelled D-E-T-E-N-I-M-I-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o].

What does "detenimiento" mean?

As a noun, "detenimiento" means: Acción y efecto de detenerse (tomar el tiempo para considerar algo; cesar el movimiento).

What are common misspellings of "detenimiento"?

Common misspellings include "ddetenimiento", "deetnimiento", "deteinmiento", "deteniimento", "detenimeinto". The correct spelling is "detenimiento".

How do you pronounce "detenimiento"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "detenimiento" is [d̪et̪eniˈmjẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "detenimiento" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "detenimiento", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

descompuesto#32,166 emprendedora#32,184 cuantitativa#32,153 consecuentes#32,144

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

destrozados17 variants desactivado17 variants consolación17 variants epidemiología17 variants