tañer
[t̪aˈɲeɾ]
The verdict
“tañer” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer sonar con armonía un instrumento musical de cuerda o de percusión, en particular una campana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-taner · tañer · Spanish
tañer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tañer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪aˈɲeɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tañer” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tañer is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪aˈɲeɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tañer in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tañer, spelled T-A-Ñ-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer sonar con armonía un instrumento musical de cuerda o de percusión, en particular una campana.
- 2Usar el sentido del tacto o hacer entrar algo en contacto con otra cosa.
- 3Ocuparse de modo superficial de un tema.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tañer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
-¡Ay señor! -dijo la sobrina-, bien los puede vuestra merced mandar quemar, como a los demás, porque no sería mucho que, habiendo sanado mi señor tío de la enfermedad caballeresca, leyendo éstos, se le antojase de hacerse pastor y andarse por los bosques y prados cantando y tañendo;….
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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.