tamboril
[t̪ãmboˈɾil]
The verdict
“tamboril” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,376 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,376
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tambor pequeño que, colgado usualmente del brazo izquierdo, se toca con un solo palillo o baqueta, y, acompañando por lo común al pito, se usa en las danzas populares.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tamboril · tamboril · Spanish
tamboril · rank #89,376 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,376
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH taquillero
Nearest frequency peer: taquillero (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tamboril”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suministrad…
suministradores
10,632 corpus weight
- suministren
suministren
10,631 corpus weight
- Tallin
Tallin
10,627 corpus weight
- tamboril
tamboril
10,625 corpus weight
- taquillero
taquillero
10,624 corpus weight
- tediosos
tediosos
10,619 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tamboril” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tamboril |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ãmboˈɾil] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,376 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tamboril” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tamboril is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,376 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ãmboˈɾil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tambor pequeño que, colgado usualmente del brazo izquierdo, se toca con un solo palillo o baqueta, y, acompañando por lo común al pito, se usa en las danzas populares.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tamboril in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tamboril, spelled T-A-M-B-O-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1Tambor pequeño que, colgado usualmente del brazo izquierdo, se toca con un solo palillo o baqueta, y, acompañando por lo común al pito, se usa en las danzas populares.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.