tintura

/[t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#44,487

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

tintura is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de teñir. Pronounced [t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Often confused with tortura and tinta.

Key facts for tintura
PropertyValue
Headwordtintura
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#44,487
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tintura in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tintura is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,487 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tintura, with forms such as "itntura", "tinntura", and "tintrua". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "tortura", "tinta", "textura", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tintura, spelled T-I-N-T-U-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de teñir.
  2. 2
    Sustancia usada para teñir.
  3. 3
    Líquido en que se ha hecho disolver una sustancia que le comunica color.
  4. 4
    Solución de cualquier sustancia medicinal simple o compuesta, en un líquido que disuelve de ella ciertos principios.
  5. 5
    Maquillaje (agregado superficial a algo ya acabado).

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: itntura,tinntura,tintrua,tinttura,tintuar,tinturra,tinutra,titnura,tnitura,ttintura

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tintura

Misspelling Variants of "tintura"

itntura7tinntura8tintrua7tinttura8tintuar7tinturra8tinutra7titnura7
Misspelling Variants of "tintura"

Frequency rank: #44,487 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tintura"?
"tintura" is spelled T-I-N-T-U-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa].
What does "tintura" mean?
As a noun, "tintura" means: Acción o efecto de teñir.
What words are commonly confused with "tintura"?
"tintura" is commonly confused with "tortura", "tinta", "textura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tintura"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tintura" is [t̪ĩn̪ˈt̪uɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tintura" come from?
"tintura" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.