terna
[ˈt̪eɾna]
The verdict
“terna” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,872 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,872
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - El conjunto de las tres personas que son propuestas a una autoridad para que designe a una de entre ellas en una función o empleo.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terna |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪eɾna] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #33,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terna” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for terna is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪eɾna]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,872 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for terna, with forms such as "etrna", "tenra", and "teran". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tra", "tira", "tina", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is terna, spelled T-E-R-N-A.
Definition
- 1El conjunto de las tres personas que son propuestas a una autoridad para que designe a una de entre ellas en una función o empleo.
- 2Conjunto de tres componentes.
- 3Pareja de tres puntos, en el juego de dados.
- 4Cada juego o conjunto de dados con que se juega.
- 5Ancho de una tela cuando varias piezas de ella se cosen unas al lado de otras.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etrna,tenra,teran,ternna,terrna,trena,tterna
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of terna - 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.
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 “terna”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪eɾna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tra” - see the side-by-side comparison. terna vs tra
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.