tensar
[t̪ẽnˈsaɾ]
The verdict
“tensar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,548 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,548
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aplicar tensión a algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tensar · tensar · Spanish
tensar · rank #80,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,548
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tempe
Nearest frequency peer: tempe (-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 “tensar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tecleando
tecleando
19,458 corpus weight
- televisados
televisados
19,455 corpus weight
- tempe
tempe
19,454 corpus weight
- tensar
tensar
19,453 corpus weight
- Teodorico
Teodorico
19,451 corpus weight
- testaruda
testaruda
19,449 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tensar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tensar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ẽnˈsaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tensar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tensar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,548 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ẽnˈsaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aplicar tensión a algo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tensar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tensar, spelled T-E-N-S-A-R.
Definition
- 1Aplicar tensión a algo.
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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