paloma torcaz
[paˈloma t̪oɾˈkas]
The verdict
“paloma torcaz” 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
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Columba palumbus) Paloma silvestre de gran tamaño, con el dorso, cabeza y cola de color gris azulado, vientre más claro que las alas y unas inconfundibles manchas blancas a ambos lados del cuello....
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paloma torcaz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [paˈloma t̪oɾˈkas] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “paloma torcaz” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for paloma torcaz is 13 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈloma t̪oɾˈkas]. 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: "(Columba palumbus) Paloma silvestre de gran tamaño, con el dorso, cabeza y cola de color gris azulado, vientre más claro que las alas y unas inconfundibles manchas blancas a ambos lados del cuello....".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paloma torcaz, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is paloma torcaz, spelled P-A-L-O-M-A- -T-O-R-C-A-Z.
Definition
- 1(Columba palumbus) Paloma silvestre de gran tamaño, con el dorso, cabeza y cola de color gris azulado, vientre más claro que las alas y unas inconfundibles manchas blancas a ambos lados del cuello. Es la mayor de las palomas presentes en la península ibérica, y se la encuentra por varias zonas de la Europa templada, el norte de África y el Medio Oriente.
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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 “paloma torcaz”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-L-O-M-A- -T-O-R-C-A-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.