tendía
[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]
The verdict
“tendía” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #39,484. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,484
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.
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 | tendía |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #39,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tendía” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tendía (IPA [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #39,484 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendía, with forms such as "etndía", "tednía", and "tendaí". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tenía", "tenga", "tenis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tendía, spelled T-E-N-D-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etndía
- tednía
- tendaí
- tenddía
- tenndía
- tenída
- tnedía
- ttendía
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendía - 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 “tendía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-N-D-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tenía” - see the side-by-side comparison. tendía vs tenía
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.