tiñen
[ˈt̪iɲẽn]
The verdict
“tiñen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,962 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,962
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de teñir o de teñirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tinen · tiñen · Spanish
tiñen · rank #61,962 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,962
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tolerará
Nearest frequency peer: tolerará (+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 “tiñen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tibi
tibi
38,043 corpus weight
- Tiburcio
Tiburcio
38,042 corpus weight
- tiñen
tiñen
38,039 corpus weight
- tolerará
tolerará
38,038 corpus weight
- tontera
tontera
38,037 corpus weight
- topan
topan
38,036 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tiñen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tiñen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪iɲẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,962 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tiñen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tiñen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,962 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪iɲẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de teñir o de teñirse.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tiñen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tiñen, spelled T-I-Ñ-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de teñir o de teñirse.
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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