entre dientes
[ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“entre dientes” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pronunciar de un modo poco audible o confuso, que casi no se entiende o escucha.
Corpus desk
Index ES-entre-dientes · entre dientes · Spanish
entre dientes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entre dientes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “entre dientes” en español
Rare enough to double-check
entre dientes is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pronunciar de un modo poco audible o confuso, que casi no se entiende o escucha.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for entre dientes, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is entre dientes, spelled E-N-T-R-E- -D-I-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pronunciar de un modo poco audible o confuso, que casi no se entiende o escucha.
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.