ternura
[t̪eɾˈnuɾa]
The verdict
“ternura” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,375. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,375
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suavidad y blandura de un objeto o su superficie.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ternura · ternura · Spanish
ternura · rank #9,375 · 10 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,375
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH terminada
Nearest frequency peer: terminada (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “ternura”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- tatuaje
tatuaje
90,629 corpus weight
- tecnológicos
tecnológicos
90,628 corpus weight
- terminada
terminada
90,627 corpus weight
- ternura
ternura
90,626 corpus weight
- territorial…
territoriales
90,625 corpus weight
- trabajas
trabajas
90,624 corpus weight
What this shows “ternura” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ternura |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eɾˈnuɾa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “ternura”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around ternura (IPA [t̪eɾˈnuɾa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,375 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for ternura, with forms such as "etrnura", "tenrura", and "ternnura". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "terra", "tortura", "textura", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is ternura, spelled T-E-R-N-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1Suavidad y blandura de un objeto o su superficie.
- 2Temperamento propenso al afecto y dulzura.
- 3Temperamento que despierta estos mismos sentimientos.
- 4Juventud de algo que no ha alcanzado aún su pleno desarrollo.
- 5Carencia del vigor y la firmeza necesarios.
- 6Palabra o expresión dulce o galante.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etrnura
- tenrura
- ternnura
- ternrua
- ternuar
- ternurra
- terrnura
- terunra
- trenura
- tternura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ternura - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ternura", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).