tinaco
[t̪iˈnako]
The verdict
“tinaco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,557 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,557
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de tina.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tinaco · tinaco · Spanish
tinaco · rank #80,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,557
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tilapia
Nearest frequency peer: tilapia (-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 “tinaco”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Teodorico
Teodorico
19,451 corpus weight
- testaruda
testaruda
19,449 corpus weight
- tilapia
tilapia
19,445 corpus weight
- tinaco
tinaco
19,444 corpus weight
- tinaja
tinaja
19,443 corpus weight
- tornaba
tornaba
19,436 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tinaco” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪iˈnako] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tinaco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tinaco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,557 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪iˈnako]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tinaco, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tinaco, spelled T-I-N-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de tina.
- 2Líquido de color oscuro y fétido que sale de las aceitunas cuando están apiladas antes de la molienda, y cuando, al extraer el aceite, se las exprime con auxilio del agua hirviendo.
- 3Depósito que suministra el agua en una vivienda.
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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