teñirse
[t̪eˈɲiɾse]
The verdict
“teñirse” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,712 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,712
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tomar un color diferente al que se tenía antes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tenirse · teñirse · Spanish
teñirse · rank #78,712 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,712
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH thou
Nearest frequency peer: thou (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “teñirse”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tease
tease
21,294 corpus weight
- tebeo
tebeo
21,293 corpus weight
- temíamos
temíamos
21,291 corpus weight
- teñirse
teñirse
21,289 corpus weight
- thou
thou
21,288 corpus weight
- tiranías
tiranías
21,285 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “teñirse” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teñirse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪eˈɲiɾse] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #78,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “teñirse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
teñirse is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,712 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪eˈɲiɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
teñirse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is teñirse, spelled T-E-Ñ-I-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Tomar un color diferente al que se tenía antes.
- 2Dicho de un objeto o situación: adquirir un carácter, sentido, dirección o apariencia diferentes al que tenía antes.
- 3Aplicado a una persona, cambiarse el color del pelo.
This word in other languages
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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