tanteo
[t̪ãn̪ˈt̪eo]
The verdict
“tanteo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,573 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,573
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de tantear o de tantearse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tanteo · tanteo · Spanish
tanteo · rank #54,573 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,573
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tardarás
Nearest frequency peer: tardarás (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tanteo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- suspendiendo
suspendiendo
45,433 corpus weight
- tailandeses
tailandeses
45,431 corpus weight
- tanteo
tanteo
45,428 corpus weight
- tardarás
tardarás
45,427 corpus weight
- TDAH
TDAH
45,425 corpus weight
- tejedores
tejedores
45,424 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tanteo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tanteo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ãn̪ˈt̪eo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,573 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tanteo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tanteo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,573 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ãn̪ˈt̪eo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tanteo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 tanteo, spelled T-A-N-T-E-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de tantear o de tantearse.
- 2Número determinado de tantos que se ganan en el juego.
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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