tentempié
[t̪ẽn̪t̪ẽmˈpje]
The verdict
“tentempié” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,845 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,845
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porción pequeña de alimento que se consume en el intervalo entre comidas para calmar el hambre de forma temporal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tentempie · tentempié · Spanish
tentempié · rank #69,845 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,845
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH telegráfica
Nearest frequency peer: telegráfica (-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 “tentempié”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tecnócrata
tecnócrata
30,159 corpus weight
- tek
tek
30,158 corpus weight
- telegráfica
telegráfica
30,157 corpus weight
- tentempié
tentempié
30,156 corpus weight
- tereré
tereré
30,155 corpus weight
- theta
theta
30,154 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tentempié” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tentempié |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ẽn̪t̪ẽmˈpje] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #69,845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tentempié” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tentempié is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,845 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ẽn̪t̪ẽmˈpje]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tentempié has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tentempié, spelled T-E-N-T-E-M-P-I-É.
Definition
- 1Porción pequeña de alimento que se consume en el intervalo entre comidas para calmar el hambre de forma temporal.
- 2Muñeco con la base semiesférica que actúa de contrapeso de modo que tras golpearlo siempre vuelve a la posición inicial.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tentempié appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Cada dos a tres horas de actividad hay que tomar un tentempié...".
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).