tendencia

/[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,795

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

tendencia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Inclinación o disposición a suceder algo, o comportarse un agente de una manera determinada. Pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. It ranks #1,795 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tenencia and tendencias.

Key facts for tendencia
PropertyValue
Headwordtendencia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,795
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tendencia is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,795 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for tendencia, with forms such as "etndencia", "tednencia", and "tenddencia". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "tenencia", "tendencias", 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 tendencia, spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inclinación o disposición a suceder algo, o comportarse un agente de una manera determinada.
  2. 2
    Orientación o facción determinada dentro de un grupo mayor.
  3. 3
    Moda temporaria que provoca que una gran parte de la sociedad use determinados objetos o tenga determinadas actitudes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etndencia,tednencia,tenddencia,tendecnia,tendencai,tendenccia,tendenica,tendenncia,tendensia,tendnecia,tenedncia,tenndencia,tnedencia,ttendencia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tendencia

Misspelling Variants of "tendencia"

etndencia9tednencia9tenddencia10tendecnia9tendencai9tendenccia10tendenica9tendenncia10
Misspelling Variants of "tendencia"

Frequency rank: #1,795 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tendencia"?
"tendencia" is spelled T-E-N-D-E-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja].
What does "tendencia" mean?
As a noun, "tendencia" means: Inclinación o disposición a suceder algo, o comportarse un agente de una manera determinada.
What words are commonly confused with "tendencia"?
"tendencia" is commonly confused with "tenencia", "tendencias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tendencia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendencia" is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ẽnsja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendencia" come from?
"tendencia" 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.