tintin
/tɛ̃.ˈtɛ̃/
The verdict
“tintin” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,939 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ¡De ningún modo!, ¡en absoluto!, ¡ni hablar!, ¡quia!, ¡ca!, ¡no!
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tintin |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /tɛ̃.ˈtɛ̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tintin” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tintin is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,939 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed /tɛ̃.ˈtɛ̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "¡De ningún modo!, ¡en absoluto!, ¡ni hablar!, ¡quia!, ¡ca!, ¡no!".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tintin, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 tintin, spelled T-I-N-T-I-N.
Definition
- 1¡De ningún modo!, ¡en absoluto!, ¡ni hablar!, ¡quia!, ¡ca!, ¡no!
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 “tintin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-I-N-T-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɛ̃.ˈtɛ̃/ (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.