entretiempo
[ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪jẽmpo]
The verdict
“entretiempo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #47,776 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #47,776
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Período de tiempo comprendido entre dos eventos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | entretiempo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪jẽmpo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #47,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “entretiempo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for entretiempo is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪jẽmpo]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,776 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for entretiempo, with forms such as "enntretiempo", "enrtetiempo", and "entertiempo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 entretiempo, spelled E-N-T-R-E-T-I-E-M-P-O.
Definition
- 1Período de tiempo comprendido entre dos eventos.
- 2Intervalo de quince minutos que divide a los dos tiempos de juego, en donde los equipos aprovechan para descansar y reorganizarse tácticamente.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: enntretiempo,enrtetiempo,entertiempo,entreitempo,entreteimpo,entretiemmpo,entretiemop,entretiemppo,entretiepmo,entretimepo,entrettiempo,entrretiempo,entrteiempo,enttretiempo,etnretiempo,netretiempo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of entretiempo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “entretiempo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-N-T-R-E-T-I-E-M-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ẽn̪t̪ɾeˈt̪jẽmpo] (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.