tamo
[ˈt̪amo]
The verdict
“tamo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,672 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,672
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polvo o paja muy fina que se produce al trillar los cereales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tamo · tamo · Spanish
tamo · rank #70,672 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,672
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH taquigrafía
Nearest frequency peer: taquigrafía (+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 “tamo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tabor
tabor
29,334 corpus weight
- Tafalla
Tafalla
29,333 corpus weight
- tamo
tamo
29,329 corpus weight
- taquigrafía
taquigrafía
29,328 corpus weight
- tarareando
tarareando
29,327 corpus weight
- taurinas
taurinas
29,326 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tamo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪amo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,672 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tamo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tamo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,672 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪amo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tamo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tamo, spelled T-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Polvo o paja muy fina que se produce al trillar los cereales.
- 2Pelusa que se forma y cae de cierto tipo de paño susceptible a ello como la lana o el algodón.
- 3Pelusilla que se forma en áreas poco accesibles por falta de limpieza.
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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