teja

/[ˈt̪exa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,965

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

teja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pieza con la que se forman cubiertas en los edificios. Pronounced [ˈt̪exa]. Often confused with ten and tía.

Key facts for teja
PropertyValue
Headwordteja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪exa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#28,965
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of teja in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for teja is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪exa]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,965 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pieza con la que se forman cubiertas en los edificios.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for teja, with forms such as "etja", "teaj", and "tejja". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ten", "tía", "tel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is teja, spelled T-E-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieza con la que se forman cubiertas en los edificios.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etja,teaj,tejja,tjea,tteja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for teja

Misspelling Variants of "teja"

etja4teaj4tejja5tjea4tteja5
Misspelling Variants of "teja"

Frequency rank: #28,965 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teja"?
"teja" is spelled T-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪exa].
What does "teja" mean?
As a noun, "teja" means: Pieza con la que se forman cubiertas en los edificios.
What words are commonly confused with "teja"?
"teja" is commonly confused with "ten", "tía", "tel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "teja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teja" is [ˈt̪exa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teja" come from?
"teja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.