toalla
[t̪oˈaʝa]
The verdict
“toalla” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,740. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,740
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trozo de tela absorbente cuyo uso principal es secar la humedad del cuerpo humano mediante el contacto directo; el secado de los objetos se realiza mediante paños o trapos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-toalla · toalla · Spanish
toalla · rank #9,740 · 6 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,740
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH timbre
Nearest frequency peer: timbre (-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 “toalla”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- supiera
supiera
90,264 corpus weight
- terraza
terraza
90,263 corpus weight
- timbre
timbre
90,262 corpus weight
- toalla
toalla
90,261 corpus weight
- trágico
trágico
90,260 corpus weight
- tíos
tíos
90,259 corpus weight
What this shows “toalla” 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 | toalla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪oˈaʝa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #9,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “toalla”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around toalla (IPA [t̪oˈaʝa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,740 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Trozo de tela absorbente cuyo uso principal es secar la humedad del cuerpo humano mediante el contacto directo; el secado de los objetos se realiza mediante paños o trapos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for toalla, with forms such as "otalla", "taolla", and "toala". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "toallas", "tala", "tall", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is toalla, spelled T-O-A-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Trozo de tela absorbente cuyo uso principal es secar la humedad del cuerpo humano mediante el contacto directo; el secado de los objetos se realiza mediante paños o trapos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otalla
- taolla
- toala
- toalal
- tolala
- ttoalla
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of toalla - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).