tontear
[t̪õn̪t̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“tontear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,992 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,992
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer el tonto o tonterías, no aprovechar el tiempo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tontear · tontear · Spanish
tontear · rank #68,992 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,992
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH topas
Nearest frequency peer: topas (+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 “tontear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tirate
tirate
31,013 corpus weight
- tolerados
tolerados
31,011 corpus weight
- tontear
tontear
31,009 corpus weight
- topas
topas
31,008 corpus weight
- Torralba
Torralba
31,007 corpus weight
- torreones
torreones
31,006 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tontear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tontear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪õn̪t̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tontear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tontear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,992 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪õn̪t̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tontear, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tontear, spelled T-O-N-T-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer el tonto o tonterías, no aprovechar el tiempo.
- 2Entre dos personas, fase del cortejo o seducción en que empiezan a dejarse atraer el uno por el otro.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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