tinaja
[t̪iˈnaxa]
The verdict
“tinaja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,558 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vasija grande de barro cocido (y a veces vidriado), mucho más ancha por el medio que por el fondo y la boca. Sirve ordinariamente para guardar agua, vino, aceite u otros líquidos.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tinaja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪iˈnaxa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tinaja” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tinaja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,558 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪iˈnaxa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tinaja, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tinaja, spelled T-I-N-A-J-A.
Definition
- 1Vasija grande de barro cocido (y a veces vidriado), mucho más ancha por el medio que por el fondo y la boca. Sirve ordinariamente para guardar agua, vino, aceite u otros líquidos.
- 2Dícese también de la cantidad de líquido que cabe en una de estas vasijas.
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 “tinaja”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-N-A-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪iˈnaxa] (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.