tenada

[t̪eˈnað̞a]

/[t̪eˈnað̞a]/ noun

The verdict

“tenada” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción rústica en Castilla que se usa para guardar el rebaño durante la noche.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tenada · tenada · Spanish

tenada · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for tenada
PropertyValue
Headwordtenada
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eˈnað̞a]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “tenada” en español

tenadaqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tenada is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪eˈnað̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tenada, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tenada, spelled T-E-N-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Construcción rústica en Castilla que se usa para guardar el rebaño durante la noche.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las divisiones de un corral o un aprisco.
  3. 3
    Construcción rústica en Asturias que se usa para guardar la hierba para el rebaño.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenada"?
"tenada" is spelled T-E-N-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eˈnað̞a].
What does "tenada" mean?
As a noun, "tenada" means: Construcción rústica en Castilla que se usa para guardar el rebaño durante la noche.
How do you pronounce "tenada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenada" is [t̪eˈnað̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenada" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list