tintineo
[t̪ĩn̪t̪iˈneo]
The verdict
“tintineo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,521 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,521
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de tintinear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tintineo · tintineo · Spanish
tintineo · rank #81,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,521
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tipeo
Nearest frequency peer: tipeo (+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 “tintineo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- testificado
testificado
18,484 corpus weight
- teu
teu
18,483 corpus weight
- tintineo
tintineo
18,480 corpus weight
- tipeo
tipeo
18,479 corpus weight
- tiple
tiple
18,478 corpus weight
- tipógrafo
tipógrafo
18,477 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tintineo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tintineo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ĩn̪t̪iˈneo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tintineo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tintineo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,521 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ĩn̪t̪iˈneo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Acción o efecto de tintinear.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tintineo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tintineo, spelled T-I-N-T-I-N-E-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de tintinear.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tintineo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Se conversaba mucho y amablemente entre el tintineo animado de cuchillo y tenedor.
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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