tener más paciencia que el santo Job
[t̪eˈneɾ ˈmas paˈsjẽnsja ke el ˈsãn̪t̪o ˈxoβ̞]
The verdict
“tener más paciencia que el santo Job” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 36
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tener mucha paciencia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tener más paciencia que el santo Job |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [t̪eˈneɾ ˈmas paˈsjẽnsja ke el ˈsãn̪t̪o ˈxoβ̞] |
| Letters | 36 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tener más paciencia que el santo Job” sits in Spanish frequency
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tener más paciencia que el santo Job is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [t̪eˈneɾ ˈmas paˈsjẽnsja ke el ˈsãn̪t̪o ˈxoβ̞]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tener mucha paciencia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tener más paciencia que el santo Job in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is tener más paciencia que el santo Job, spelled T-E-N-E-R- -M-Á-S- -P-A-C-I-E-N-C-I-A- -Q-U-E- -E-L- -S-A-N-T-O- -J-O-B.
Definition
- 1Tener mucha paciencia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-N-E-R- -M-Á-S- -P-A-C-I-E-N-C-I-A- -Q-U-E- -E-L- -S-A-N-T-O- -J-O-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.