tenues
[ˈt̪enwes]
The verdict
“tenues” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,242 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,242
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de tenue.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tenues · tenues · Spanish
tenues · rank #53,242 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,242
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tendiente
Nearest frequency peer: tendiente (-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 “tenues”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Teca
Teca
46,763 corpus weight
- teletrabajo
teletrabajo
46,761 corpus weight
- tendiente
tendiente
46,760 corpus weight
- tenues
tenues
46,759 corpus weight
- termostato
termostato
46,757 corpus weight
- tilo
tilo
46,756 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tenues” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tenues |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪enwes] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,242 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tenues” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tenues is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,242 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈt̪enwes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de tenue.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tenues, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tenues, spelled T-E-N-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de tenue.
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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