entonces
[ẽn̪ˈt̪õnses]
The verdict
“entonces” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #185
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indica que la acción ocurre en la ocasión o tiempo del cual se habla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-entonces · entonces · Spanish
entonces · rank #185 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #185
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH dijo
Nearest frequency peer: dijo (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “entonces”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- debe
debe
99,818 corpus weight
- dijo
dijo
99,817 corpus weight
- entonces
entonces
99,816 corpus weight
- ir
ir
99,815 corpus weight
- tipo
tipo
99,814 corpus weight
- algunos
algunos
99,813 corpus weight
What this shows “entonces” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | entonces |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ẽn̪ˈt̪õnses] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #185 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “entonces”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around entonces (IPA [ẽn̪ˈt̪õnses]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #185 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for entonces, with forms such as "enntonces", "enotnces", and "entnoces". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "entonce", "entendés", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is entonces, spelled E-N-T-O-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Indica que la acción ocurre en la ocasión o tiempo del cual se habla.
- 2Indica una acción que ocurrirá después de lo expresado.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how entonces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abrí la puerta de la jaula para darle el alpiste, y entonces voló fuera.
Te comes toda la sopa, entonces te podrás levantar para ir a jugar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- enntonces
- enotnces
- entnoces
- entocnes
- entoncces
- entoncess
- entoncse
- entonecs
- entonnces
- entonses
- enttonces
- etnonces
- netonces
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entonces - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "entonces", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).