tanque

/[ˈt̪ãŋke]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,363

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

tanque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Contenedor grande destinado a almacenar líquidos o gases. Pronounced [ˈt̪ãŋke]. It ranks #6,363 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with toque and tenue.

Key facts for tanque
PropertyValue
Headwordtanque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ãŋke]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,363
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tanque in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tanque is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tanque, with forms such as "atnque", "tannque", and "tanqeu". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "toque", "tenue", "torque", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tanque, spelled T-A-N-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Contenedor grande destinado a almacenar líquidos o gases.
  2. 2
    Vehículo que transporta un contenedor como el antedicho.
  3. 3
    Embarcación destinada al transporte de agua dulce.
  4. 4
    Depósito que en los vehículos dotados de motor de combustión interna almacena el combustible.
  5. 5
    Vaso de gran capacidad y con una sola asa, empleado sobre todo para cerveza.
  6. 6
    Lugar para encerrar a los condenados y procesados por la justicia.
  7. 7
    Estanque artificial destinado a la práctica de la natación y el esparcimiento.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atnque,tannque,tanqeu,tanqque,tanuqe,taqnue,tnaque,ttanque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tanque

Misspelling Variants of "tanque"

atnque6tannque7tanqeu6tanqque7tanuqe6taqnue6tnaque6ttanque7
Misspelling Variants of "tanque"

Frequency rank: #6,363 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tanque"?
"tanque" is spelled T-A-N-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ãŋke].
What does "tanque" mean?
As a noun, "tanque" means: Contenedor grande destinado a almacenar líquidos o gases.
What words are commonly confused with "tanque"?
"tanque" is commonly confused with "toque", "tenue", "torque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tanque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tanque" is [ˈt̪ãŋke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tanque" come from?
"tanque" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.