tentación

/[t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,081

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

tentación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Algo que provoca deseo o induce a la satisfacción de algún apetito. Pronounced [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Often confused with tentaciones.

Key facts for tentación
PropertyValue
Headwordtentación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,081
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tentación is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,081 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for tentación, with forms such as "etntación", "tenatción", and "tenntación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tentaciones", 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 tentación, spelled T-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Algo que provoca deseo o induce a la satisfacción de algún apetito.
  2. 2
    Algo que induce a una persona a pecar y dejar de seguir el camino recto.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etntación,tenatción,tenntación,tentacción,tentacinó,tentaciónn,tentacóin,tentaicón,tentasión,tentcaión,tenttación,tetnación,tnetación,ttentación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tentación

Misspelling Variants of "tentación"

etntación9tenatción9tenntación10tentacción10tentacinó9tentaciónn10tentacóin9tentaicón9
Misspelling Variants of "tentación"

Frequency rank: #10,081 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tentación"?
"tentación" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn].
What does "tentación" mean?
As a noun, "tentación" means: Algo que provoca deseo o induce a la satisfacción de algún apetito.
What words are commonly confused with "tentación"?
"tentación" is commonly confused with "tentaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tentación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentación" is [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tentación" come from?
"tentación" 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.