temible

/[t̪eˈmiβ̞le]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,526

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

temible is anSpanishadj. It means: Digno o susceptible de ser temido. Pronounced [t̪eˈmiβ̞le]. Often confused with temple and terrible.

Key facts for temible
PropertyValue
Headwordtemible
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[t̪eˈmiβ̞le]
Letters7
Frequency rank#22,526
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for temible is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈmiβ̞le]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,526 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Digno o susceptible de ser temido.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for temible, with forms such as "etmible", "teimble", and "tembile". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "temple", "terrible", "temibles", 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 temible, spelled T-E-M-I-B-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Digno o susceptible de ser temido.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etmible,teimble,tembile,temibble,temibel,temiblle,temilbe,temivle,temmible,tmeible,ttemible

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for temible

Misspelling Variants of "temible"

etmible7teimble7tembile7temibble8temibel7temiblle8temilbe7temivle7
Misspelling Variants of "temible"

Frequency rank: #22,526 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "temible"?
"temible" is spelled T-E-M-I-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈmiβ̞le].
What does "temible" mean?
As an adj, "temible" means: Digno o susceptible de ser temido.
What words are commonly confused with "temible"?
"temible" is commonly confused with "temple", "terrible", "temibles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "temible"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "temible" is [t̪eˈmiβ̞le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "temible" come from?
"temible" 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.