tientas
[ˈt̪jẽn̪t̪as]
The verdict
“tientas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,970 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,970
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de tentar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tientas · tientas · Spanish
tientas · rank #55,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,970
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tiernamente
Nearest frequency peer: tiernamente (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tientas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tapizado
tapizado
44,035 corpus weight
- tejón
tejón
44,034 corpus weight
- tientas
tientas
44,031 corpus weight
- tiernamente
tiernamente
44,030 corpus weight
- tildó
tildó
44,029 corpus weight
- tonces
tonces
44,025 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tientas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tientas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪jẽn̪t̪as] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,970 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tientas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tientas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,970 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪jẽn̪t̪as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de tentar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tientas in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is tientas, spelled T-I-E-N-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de tentar.
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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