tango
[ˈt̪ãŋgo]
The verdict
“tango” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,208
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la letra T.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tango · tango · Spanish
tango · rank #9,208 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,208
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH Tamaulipas
Nearest frequency peer: Tamaulipas (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “tango”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- suelto
suelto
90,796 corpus weight
- surgir
surgir
90,795 corpus weight
- Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas
90,794 corpus weight
- tango
tango
90,793 corpus weight
- telefonía
telefonía
90,792 corpus weight
- televisa
televisa
90,791 corpus weight
What this shows “tango” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | tango |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ãŋgo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,208 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tango”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tango (IPA [ˈt̪ãŋgo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,208 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tango, with forms such as "atngo", "tagno", and "tanggo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tono", "tank", "Togo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is tango, spelled T-A-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para la letra T.
- 2Bandera que representa la letra T.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atngo
- tagno
- tanggo
- tanngo
- tanog
- tnago
- ttango
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tango - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tango", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).