tester
[ˈt̪est̪eɾ]
The verdict
“tester” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,349 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,349
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Impropiamente, multímetro.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tester |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪est̪eɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tester” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tester is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,349 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪est̪eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Impropiamente, multímetro.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tester, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our 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 explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tester, spelled T-E-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Impropiamente, multímetro.
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 “tester”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-S-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.