terno
[ˈt̪eɾno]
The verdict
“terno” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #61,954 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #61,954
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conjunto de tres cosas de una misma especie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | terno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪eɾno] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,954 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “terno” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for terno is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪eɾno]. Corpus data places it at rank #61,954 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No generated misspelling entries exist for terno in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is terno, spelled T-E-R-N-O.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de tres cosas de una misma especie.
- 2Suerte de tres números, en el juego de la lotería primitiva.
- 3Conjunto de pantalón, chaleco y chaqueta, u otra prenda semejante, hechos de la misma tela.
- 4Conjunto del oficiante y sus dos ministros, diácono y subdiácono, que celebran una misa mayor o asisten en esta forma a una función eclesiástica.
- 5Vestuario exterior del terno eclesiástico, el cual consta de casulla y capa pluvial para el oficiante y de dalmáticas para sus dos ministros.
- 6Voto, juramento o porvida.
- 7Conjunto de tres pliegos impresos metidos uno dentro de otro.
- 8Adorno de joyas y pendientes.
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 “terno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-R-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪eɾno] (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.