toba
[ˈt̪oβ̞a]
The verdict
“toba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,267 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,267
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Piedra caliza, muy porosa y ligera, que las aguas de ciertos manantiales depositan en el suelo o sobre las plantas u otras cosas que hallan a su paso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-toba · toba · Spanish
toba · rank #51,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,267
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tinglado
Nearest frequency peer: tinglado (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “toba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tetra
tetra
48,737 corpus weight
- tiesto
tiesto
48,736 corpus weight
- tinglado
tinglado
48,735 corpus weight
- toba
toba
48,734 corpus weight
- tocadiscos
tocadiscos
48,733 corpus weight
- told
told
48,732 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “toba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪oβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “toba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
toba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,267 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪oβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for toba, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is toba, spelled T-O-B-A.
Definition
- 1Piedra caliza, muy porosa y ligera, que las aguas de ciertos manantiales depositan en el suelo o sobre las plantas u otras cosas que hallan a su paso.
- 2Golpe que se da con el dedo índice o corazón extendido haciéndolo resbalar a lo largo del dedo gordo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how toba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Habían bajado unos veinte pies y se encontraban dentro de una cámara cuadrada, excavada en la blanda toba.
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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