Tampico
[t̪ãmˈpiko]
The verdict
“Tampico” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,265. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,265
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tampico es una ciudad y el principal puerto del estado de Tamaulipas, México.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tampico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [t̪ãmˈpiko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #19,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tampico” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Tampico (IPA [t̪ãmˈpiko]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,265 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tampico es una ciudad y el principal puerto del estado de Tamaulipas, México.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tampico, with forms such as "atmpico", "tamipco", and "tammpico". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "típico", "tópico", "tampoco", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Tampico, spelled T-A-M-P-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Tampico es una ciudad y el principal puerto del estado de Tamaulipas, México.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atmpico
- tamipco
- tammpico
- tampcio
- tampicco
- tampioc
- tamppico
- tapmico
- tmapico
- ttampico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tampico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Tampico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-M-P-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ãmˈpiko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “típico” - see the side-by-side comparison. Tampico vs típico
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.