tectónico
[t̪ekˈt̪oniko]
The verdict
“tectónico” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,812 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio o relacionado con las edificaciones arquitectónicas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tectonico · tectónico · Spanish
tectónico · rank #76,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,812
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH telefonista
Nearest frequency peer: telefonista (+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 “tectónico”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- talado
talado
23,195 corpus weight
- tanja
tanja
23,192 corpus weight
- tectónico
tectónico
23,189 corpus weight
- telefonista
telefonista
23,188 corpus weight
- telemedicina
telemedicina
23,187 corpus weight
- tenebrosos
tenebrosos
23,186 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tectónico” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tectónico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪ekˈt̪oniko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tectónico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tectónico is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,812 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t̪ekˈt̪oniko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tectónico doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tectónico, spelled T-E-C-T-Ó-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Propio o relacionado con las edificaciones arquitectónicas.
- 2Propio o relacionado con la estructura de la corteza terrestre.
This word in other languages
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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