tanque
[ˈt̪ãŋke]
The verdict
“tanque” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,363 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,363
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Contenedor grande destinado a almacenar líquidos o gases.
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 | tanque |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ãŋke] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tanque” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tanque is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ãŋke]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,363 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tanque, with forms such as "atnque", "tannque", and "tanqeu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "toque", "tenue", "torque", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tanque, spelled T-A-N-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Contenedor grande destinado a almacenar líquidos o gases.
- 2Vehículo que transporta un contenedor como el antedicho.
- 3Embarcación destinada al transporte de agua dulce.
- 4Depósito que en los vehículos dotados de motor de combustión interna almacena el combustible.
- 5Vaso de gran capacidad y con una sola asa, empleado sobre todo para cerveza.
- 6Lugar para encerrar a los condenados y procesados por la justicia.
- 7Estanque artificial destinado a la práctica de la natación y el esparcimiento.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atnque,tannque,tanqeu,tanqque,tanuqe,taqnue,tnaque,ttanque
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tanque - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “tanque”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-N-Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ãŋke] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “toque” - see the side-by-side comparison. tanque vs toque
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.