Tema

/[ˈt̪ema]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#329

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Tema is aSpanishname. It means: Ciudad de Ghana. Pronounced [ˈt̪ema]. It ranks #329 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ten and tía.

Key facts for Tema
PropertyValue
HeadwordTema
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈt̪ema]
Letters4
Frequency rank#329
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for Tema is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ema]. Corpus data places it at rank #329 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Ciudad de Ghana.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Tema, with forms such as "etma", "temma", and "tmea". 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", "Tim", 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 Tema, spelled T-E-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciudad de Ghana.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etma,temma,tmea,ttema

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tema

Misspelling Variants of "Tema"

etma4temma5tmea4ttema5
Misspelling Variants of "Tema"

Frequency rank: #329 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tema"?
"Tema" is spelled T-E-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ema].
What does "Tema" mean?
As a name, "Tema" means: Ciudad de Ghana.
What words are commonly confused with "Tema"?
"Tema" is commonly confused with "ten", "tía", "Tim". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tema"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tema" is [ˈt̪ema]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tema" come from?
"Tema" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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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.