tobillo

[t̪oˈβ̞iʝo]

/[t̪oˈβ̞iʝo]/ noun

The verdict

“tobillo” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,240
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Porción inferior de la pierna que se articula con el pie.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tobillo · tobillo · Spanish

tobillo · rank #14,240 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,240
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tirano

Nearest frequency peer: Tirano (-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 “tobillo”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “tobillo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tobillo vs trillo
71% similar
tobillo vs tomillo
86% similar
tobillo vs tornillo
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tobillo
PropertyValue
Headwordtobillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oˈβ̞iʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,240
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tobillo”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).tobillocae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Tirano” (#14,239), “tibia” (#14,238), “televisiva” (#14,237). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tobillo” va en #14,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around tobillo (IPA [t̪oˈβ̞iʝo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,240 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Porción inferior de la pierna que se articula con el pie.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tobillo, with forms such as "otbillo", "tboillo", and "tobbillo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "trillo", "tomillo", "tornillo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tobillo, spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Porción inferior de la pierna que se articula con el pie.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otbillo
  • tboillo
  • tobbillo
  • tobilo
  • tobilol
  • toblilo
  • toibllo
  • tovillo
  • ttobillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tobillo - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

otbillo2tboillo2tobbillo1tobilo1tobilol2toblilo2toibllo2tovillo1
Edit distance from "tobillo"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tobillo"?
"tobillo" is spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈβ̞iʝo].
What does "tobillo" mean?
As a noun, "tobillo" means: Porción inferior de la pierna que se articula con el pie.
What words are commonly confused with "tobillo"?
"tobillo" is commonly confused with "trillo", "tomillo", "tornillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tobillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tobillo" is [t̪oˈβ̞iʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tobillo" come from?
"tobillo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tobillo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list