timeo
[ˈtɪ.mɛ.oː]
The verdict
“timeo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,855 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,855
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sentir miedo, temer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timeo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈtɪ.mɛ.oː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,855 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “timeo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
timeo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,855 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈtɪ.mɛ.oː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for timeo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is timeo, spelled T-I-M-E-O.
Definition
- 1Sentir miedo, temer.
- 2Sentir miedo, temer.
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 “timeo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-M-E-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtɪ.mɛ.oː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.