thousand
[ˈtau̯ˈzand, ˈtau̯zand]
The verdict
“thousand” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,899 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,899
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para el número de miles: 43.000 'four three thousand' o 'four three zero zero vero'; 4.300 'four thousand three hundred'.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thousand |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtau̯ˈzand, ˈtau̯zand] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thousand” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thousand is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,899 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtau̯ˈzand, ˈtau̯zand]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para el número de miles: 43.000 'four three thousand' o 'four three zero zero vero'; 4.300 'four thousand three hundred'.".
Zero misspellings are on record for thousand in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is thousand, spelled T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1Palabra clave radiofónica del ICAO y NATO para el número de miles: 43.000 'four three thousand' o 'four three zero zero vero'; 4.300 'four thousand three hundred'.
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 “thousand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-H-O-U-S-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈtau̯ˈzand, ˈtau̯zand] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.