en même temps
[ɑ̃ mɛm tɑ̃]
The verdict
“en même temps” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A la vez, al mismo tiempo, a un tiempo, de una vez, juntamente o simultáneamente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | en même temps |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ɑ̃ mɛm tɑ̃] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “en même temps” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for en même temps is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɑ̃ mɛm tɑ̃]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for en même temps in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is en même temps, spelled E-N- -M-Ê-M-E- -T-E-M-P-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A la vez, al mismo tiempo, a un tiempo, de una vez, juntamente o simultáneamente.
- 2No obstante o sin embargo.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “en même temps”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N- -M-Ê-M-E- -T-E-M-P-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɑ̃ mɛm tɑ̃] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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