temblando
[t̪ẽmˈblãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“temblando” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #15,506 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #15,506
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Muy cerca de terminarse, casi por acabarse o a punto de arruinarse.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | temblando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [t̪ẽmˈblãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #15,506 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “temblando” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for temblando is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ẽmˈblãn̪d̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,506 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Muy cerca de terminarse, casi por acabarse o a punto de arruinarse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for temblando, with forms such as "etmblando", "tebmlando", and "tembalndo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "templado", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is temblando, spelled T-E-M-B-L-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Muy cerca de terminarse, casi por acabarse o a punto de arruinarse.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etmblando,tebmlando,tembalndo,tembblando,tembladno,temblanddo,temblanndo,temblanod,tembllando,temblnado,temlbando,temmblando,temvlando,tmeblando,ttemblando
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of temblando - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “temblando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-M-B-L-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ẽmˈblãn̪d̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “templado” - see the side-by-side comparison. temblando vs templado
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.