tungsteno
[t̪ũŋsˈt̪eno]
The verdict
“tungsteno” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,289 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico de número atómico 74, un metal de color gris acero, muy duro y denso (símbolo W)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tungsteno |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ũŋsˈt̪eno] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tungsteno” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tungsteno is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,289 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ũŋsˈt̪eno]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento químico de número atómico 74, un metal de color gris acero, muy duro y denso (símbolo W)".
tungsteno doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 tungsteno, spelled T-U-N-G-S-T-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico de número atómico 74, un metal de color gris acero, muy duro y denso (símbolo W)
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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Using “tungsteno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-U-N-G-S-T-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ũŋsˈt̪eno] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.