throw
/θɹəʊ/
The verdict
“throw” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,937 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,937
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tirar, echar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-throw · throw · Spanish
throw · rank #75,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,937
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tintin
Nearest frequency peer: tintin (+2 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “throw”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tatuados
tatuados
24,070 corpus weight
- tatuarse
tatuarse
24,069 corpus weight
- telonero
telonero
24,067 corpus weight
- throw
throw
24,064 corpus weight
- tintin
tintin
24,062 corpus weight
- Toilette
Toilette
24,056 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “throw” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | throw |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /θɹəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “throw” en español
Rare enough to double-check
throw is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,937 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /θɹəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tirar, echar.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for throw, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is throw, spelled T-H-R-O-W.
Definition
- 1Tirar, echar.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how throw appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire
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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