tendón

/[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,783

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tendón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Banda de tejido conectivo que une al músculo con su punto de inserción en el hueso o a otras estructuras como el glóbulo ocular. Pronounced [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn]. Often confused with tengo and Tenor.

Key facts for tendón
PropertyValue
Headwordtendón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,783
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tendón is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,783 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Banda de tejido conectivo que une al músculo con su punto de inserción en el hueso o a otras estructuras como el glóbulo ocular.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for tendón, with forms such as "etndón", "tednón", and "tenddón". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tengo", "Tenor", "tenso", 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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tendón, spelled T-E-N-D-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Banda de tejido conectivo que une al músculo con su punto de inserción en el hueso o a otras estructuras como el glóbulo ocular.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etndón,tednón,tenddón,tendnó,tendónn,tenndón,tenódn,tnedón,ttendón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tendón

Misspelling Variants of "tendón"

etndón6tednón6tenddón7tendnó6tendónn7tenndón7tenódn6tnedón6
Misspelling Variants of "tendón"

Frequency rank: #35,783 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tendón"?
"tendón" is spelled T-E-N-D-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn].
What does "tendón" mean?
As a noun, "tendón" means: Banda de tejido conectivo que une al músculo con su punto de inserción en el hueso o a otras estructuras como el glóbulo ocular.
What words are commonly confused with "tendón"?
"tendón" is commonly confused with "tengo", "Tenor", "tenso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tendón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tendón" is [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪õn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tendón" come from?
"tendón" 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.