entretenido
[ẽn̪t̪ɾet̪eˈnið̞o]
The verdict
“entretenido” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,375 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #12,375
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Participio de entretener.
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 | entretenido |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ẽn̪t̪ɾet̪eˈnið̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #12,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entretenido” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for entretenido is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽn̪t̪ɾet̪eˈnið̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,375 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Participio de entretener.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for entretenido, with forms such as "enntretenido", "enrtetenido", and "entertenido". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "entretenidos", "entretenida", "entretenidas", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is entretenido, spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-E-N-I-D-O.
Definition
- 1Participio de entretener.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntretenido,enrtetenido,entertenido,entreetnido,entreteindo,entretendio,entreteniddo,entreteniod,entretennido,entretneido,entrettenido,entrretenido,entrteenido,enttretenido,etnretenido,netretenido
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entretenido - 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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Using “entretenido”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-T-R-E-T-E-N-I-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽn̪t̪ɾet̪eˈnið̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “entretenidos” - see the side-by-side comparison. entretenido vs entretenidos
- 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.