teniente
[t̪eˈnjẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“teniente” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,023. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,023
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Falta especificar el verbo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-teniente · teniente · Spanish
teniente · rank #3,023 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,023
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH templo
Nearest frequency peer: templo (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “teniente”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- talleres
talleres
96,981 corpus weight
- tecnologías
tecnologías
96,980 corpus weight
- templo
templo
96,979 corpus weight
- teniente
teniente
96,978 corpus weight
- tercero
tercero
96,977 corpus weight
- terror
terror
96,976 corpus weight
What this shows “teniente” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | teniente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪eˈnjẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “teniente”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around teniente (IPA [t̪eˈnjẽn̪t̪e]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,023 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for teniente, with forms such as "etniente", "teinente", and "teneinte". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tenientes", "tenerte", "teniendo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is teniente, spelled T-E-N-I-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Falta especificar el verbo.
- 2Aplícase a la fruta no madura.
- 3Dicho de las legumbres: mal cocidas.
- 4Algo sordo, o tardo en el sentido del oído.
- 5Escaso, miserable.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etniente
- teinente
- teneinte
- tenienet
- teniennte
- tenientte
- tenietne
- teninete
- tenniente
- tneiente
- tteniente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teniente - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "teniente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).