tangentes
[t̪ãŋˈxẽn̪t̪es]
The verdict
“tangentes” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,536 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,536
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de tangente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tangentes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪ãŋˈxẽn̪t̪es] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #80,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tangentes” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tangentes is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,536 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t̪ãŋˈxẽn̪t̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de tangente.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tangentes, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tangentes, spelled T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de tangente.
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 “tangentes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-N-G-E-N-T-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ãŋˈxẽn̪t̪es] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.