tiempos

/[ˈt̪jẽmpos]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#928

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

tiempos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de tiempo. Pronounced [ˈt̪jẽmpos]. It ranks #928 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tipos and tiernos.

Key facts for tiempos
PropertyValue
Headwordtiempos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪jẽmpos]
Letters7
Frequency rank#928
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tiempos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tiempos is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪jẽmpos]. Corpus data places it at rank #928 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de tiempo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tiempos, with forms such as "itempos", "teimpos", and "tiemmpos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "tipos", "tiernos", "tempo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tiempos, spelled T-I-E-M-P-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de tiempo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itempos,teimpos,tiemmpos,tiemops,tiemposs,tiemppos,tiempso,tiepmos,timepos,ttiempos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tiempos

Misspelling Variants of "tiempos"

itempos7teimpos7tiemmpos8tiemops7tiemposs8tiemppos8tiempso7tiepmos7
Misspelling Variants of "tiempos"

Frequency rank: #928 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tiempos"?
"tiempos" is spelled T-I-E-M-P-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪jẽmpos].
What does "tiempos" mean?
As a noun, "tiempos" means: Forma del plural de tiempo.
What words are commonly confused with "tiempos"?
"tiempos" is commonly confused with "tipos", "tiernos", "tempo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tiempos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tiempos" is [ˈt̪jẽmpos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tiempos" come from?
"tiempos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.