entretengan
[ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪ẽŋgãn]
The verdict
“entretengan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,820 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,820
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de entretener o de entretenerse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-entretengan · entretengan · Spanish
entretengan · rank #88,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,820
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 101,141
- PHOTO-FINISH envenenamient…
Nearest frequency peer: envenenamientos (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “entretengan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- enraizados
enraizados
11,185 corpus weight
- ensoñaciones
ensoñaciones
11,184 corpus weight
- entretengan
entretengan
11,181 corpus weight
- envenenamie…
envenenamientos
11,180 corpus weight
- equivaler
equivaler
11,179 corpus weight
- erres
erres
11,178 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “entretengan” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entretengan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪ẽŋgãn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #88,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entretengan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
entretengan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,820 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪ẽŋgãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for entretengan in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 entretengan, spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-E-N-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de entretener o de entretenerse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de entretener o del imperativo negativo de entretenerse.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.