tendió
[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]
The verdict
“tendió” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,137. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,137
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple 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 | tendió |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #31,137 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tendió” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tendió (IPA [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]), averb. Corpus frequency is #31,137 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tendió, with forms such as "etndió", "tednió", and "tenddió". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tengo", "tenía", "tenis", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is tendió, spelled T-E-N-D-I-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de tender o de tenderse.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etndió
- tednió
- tenddió
- tendói
- tenidó
- tenndió
- tnedió
- ttendió
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tendió - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “tendió”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-N-D-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tengo” - see the side-by-side comparison. tendió vs tengo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.