cuestión de tormento
[kwesˈt̪jõn̪ d̪e t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“cuestión de tormento” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Averiguación, inquisición o pesquisa de la verdad en el tormento.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cuestión de tormento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [kwesˈt̪jõn̪ d̪e t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “cuestión de tormento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for cuestión de tormento is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kwesˈt̪jõn̪ d̪e t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Averiguación, inquisición o pesquisa de la verdad en el tormento.".
cuestión de tormento doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is cuestión de tormento, spelled C-U-E-S-T-I-Ó-N- -D-E- -T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Averiguación, inquisición o pesquisa de la verdad en el tormento.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “cuestión de tormento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-U-E-S-T-I-Ó-N- -D-E- -T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kwesˈt̪jõn̪ d̪e t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.