tek
[ˈteːk]
The verdict
“tek” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,843 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,843
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mutación dura del adjetivo numeral cardinal dek ('diez').
Corpus desk
Index ES-tek · tek · Spanish
tek · rank #69,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,843
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tecnócrata
Nearest frequency peer: tecnócrata (-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 “tek”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tatu
tatu
30,161 corpus weight
- tecnócrata
tecnócrata
30,159 corpus weight
- tek
tek
30,158 corpus weight
- telegráfica
telegráfica
30,157 corpus weight
- tentempié
tentempié
30,156 corpus weight
- tereré
tereré
30,155 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tek” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tek |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈteːk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #69,843 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tek” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tek is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,843 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈteːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mutación dura del adjetivo numeral cardinal dek ('diez').".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tek, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is tek, spelled T-E-K.
Definition
- 1Mutación dura del adjetivo numeral cardinal dek ('diez').
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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