tentativa

Name: tentativa, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a]

/[t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“tentativa” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #18,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,402
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,005
“T” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o propuesta para ensayar o experimentar algo (aún sin certeza de que va a funcionar o a tener éxito).

Corpus desk

Index ES-tentativa · tentativa · Spanish

tentativa · rank #18,402 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #18,402
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 3,005
PHOTO-FINISH teclados

Nearest frequency peer: teclados (-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.

Tatiana

81,602
teatrales

81,601
teclados

81,600
tentativa

81,599
text

81,598
topic

81,596

What this shows “tentativa” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tentativa vs tentativas

90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tentativa
Property	Value
Headword	tentativa
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#18,402
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tentativa”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).tentativacae aquí:

#18,402

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “teclados” (#18,401), “text” (#18,403), “teatrales” (#18,400). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tentativa” va en #18,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around tentativa (IPA [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,402 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for tentativa, with forms such as "etntativa", "tenattiva", and "tenntativa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tentativas", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tentativa, spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-A.

Definition

1
Acción o propuesta para ensayar o experimentar algo (aún sin certeza de que va a funcionar o a tener éxito).
2
Inicio o intento de cometer un delito, sin que este se haya consumado.
3
Examen universitario para evaluar el nivel de preparación de los estudiantes antes de su graduación.

Synonyms

intento

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

etntativa
tenattiva
tenntativa
tentaitva
tentatiav
tentatiba
tentativva
tentattiva
tentatvia
tenttaiva
tenttativa
tetnativa
tnetativa
ttentativa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tentativa - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "tentativa"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tentativa"?

"tentativa" is spelled T-E-N-T-A-T-I-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a].

What does "tentativa" mean?

As a noun, "tentativa" means: Acción o propuesta para ensayar o experimentar algo (aún sin certeza de que va a funcionar o a tener éxito).

What words are commonly confused with "tentativa"?

"tentativa" is commonly confused with "tentativas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "tentativa"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tentativa" is [t̪ẽn̪t̪aˈt̪iβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "tentativa" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tentativa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

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