entre dientes
[ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“entre dientes” 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) - Pronunciar de un modo poco audible o confuso, que casi no se entiende o escucha.
| 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) |
Where “entre dientes” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for entre dientes is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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Using “entre dientes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-T-R-E- -D-I-E-N-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈẽn̪t̪ɾe ˈð̞jẽn̪t̪es] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.