tenaz
[t̪eˈnas]
The verdict
“tenaz” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #28,179. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #28,179
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se pega, ase o prende a una cosa, y es dificultoso de separar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tenaz · tenaz · Spanish
tenaz · rank #28,179 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #28,179
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tarot
Nearest frequency peer: tarot (-2 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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “tenaz”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- tapete
tapete
71,825 corpus weight
- tarot
tarot
71,824 corpus weight
- tenaz
tenaz
71,822 corpus weight
- termas
termas
71,820 corpus weight
- tifón
tifón
71,819 corpus weight
- tiroteos
tiroteos
71,818 corpus weight
What this shows “tenaz” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | tenaz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪eˈnas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #28,179 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tenaz”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tenaz (IPA [t̪eˈnas]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #28,179 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tenaz, with forms such as "etnaz", "teanz", and "tenazz". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tez", "tina", "teta", 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. The correct Spanish form is tenaz, spelled T-E-N-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Que se pega, ase o prende a una cosa, y es dificultoso de separar.
- 2Que opone mucha resistencia a romperse o deformarse.
- 3Firme, terco, porfiado y pertinaz en un propósito.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tenaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El metal acababa con la forma debida, y tenaz; ni frágil ni agrietado».
«El almirante Saldanha había abandonado la lucha; no se ha averiguado si la propaganda de Flint sobre la “flota de la dinamita” influyó en su decisión, lo más probable es que sucumbiera ante un adversario tenaz».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etnaz
- teanz
- tenazz
- tennaz
- tenza
- tneaz
- ttenaz
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tenaz - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tenaz", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).