tedesco
[teˈðes.ko]
The verdict
“tedesco” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #97,916 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #97,916
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tedesco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [teˈðes.ko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tedesco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tedesco is 7 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [teˈðes.ko]. Corpus data places it at rank #97,916 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tedesco, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tedesco, spelled T-E-D-E-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Originario, relativo a, o propio de Alemania.
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 “tedesco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-D-E-S-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [teˈðes.ko] (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.