tentando
[t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“tentando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,150 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,150
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de tentar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tentando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tentando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tentando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,150 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de tentar.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tentando in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tentando, spelled T-E-N-T-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de tentar.
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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Using “tentando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-N-T-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪ãn̪d̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.