tenis

/[ˈt̪enis]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,656

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tenis is aSpanishnoun. It means: Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro. Pronounced [ˈt̪enis]. It ranks #4,656 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tes and this.

Key facts for tenis
PropertyValue
Headwordtenis
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪enis]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,656
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tenis is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪enis]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,656 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for tenis, with forms such as "etnis", "teins", and "teniss". 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, "tes", "this", "toni", 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 tenis, spelled T-E-N-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etnis,teins,teniss,tensi,tneis,ttenis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tenis

Misspelling Variants of "tenis"

etnis5teins5teniss6tensi5tneis5ttenis6
Misspelling Variants of "tenis"

Frequency rank: #4,656 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tenis"?
"tenis" is spelled T-E-N-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪enis].
What does "tenis" mean?
As a noun, "tenis" means: Deporte que consiste en golpear con una raqueta una pelota para lanzarla de un lugar a otro.
What words are commonly confused with "tenis"?
"tenis" is commonly confused with "tes", "this", "toni". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tenis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tenis" is [ˈt̪enis]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tenis" come from?
"tenis" 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.