tetra
[ˈt̪et̪ɾa]
The verdict
“tetra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,264 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,264
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Alestiidae, Characidae, Lebiasinidae) Cualquiera de ciertas especies de peces de agua dulce nativas de Sudamérica y África Occidental, que son muy utilizadas en los acuarios y las peceras.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tetra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪et̪ɾa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,264 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tetra” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tetra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,264 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪et̪ɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Alestiidae, Characidae, Lebiasinidae) Cualquiera de ciertas especies de peces de agua dulce nativas de Sudamérica y África Occidental, que son muy utilizadas en los acuarios y las peceras.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tetra, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tetra, spelled T-E-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Alestiidae, Characidae, Lebiasinidae) Cualquiera de ciertas especies de peces de agua dulce nativas de Sudamérica y África Occidental, que son muy utilizadas en los acuarios y las peceras.
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 “tetra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-T-R-A - 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.