tobillos

/[t̪oˈβ̞iʝos]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,333

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

tobillos is aSpanishnoun. It means: Forma del plural de tobillo. Pronounced [t̪oˈβ̞iʝos]. Often confused with tomillo and tornillos.

Key facts for tobillos
PropertyValue
Headwordtobillos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oˈβ̞iʝos]
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,333
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tobillos in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tobillos is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈβ̞iʝos]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,333 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de tobillo.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tobillos, with forms such as "otbillos", "tboillos", and "tobbillos". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "tomillo", "tornillos", "tobillo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tobillos, spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de tobillo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otbillos,tboillos,tobbillos,tobilloss,tobillso,tobilols,tobilos,toblilos,toibllos,tovillos,ttobillos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tobillos

Misspelling Variants of "tobillos"

otbillos8tboillos8tobbillos9tobilloss9tobillso8tobilols8tobilos7toblilos8
Misspelling Variants of "tobillos"

Frequency rank: #24,333 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tobillos"?
"tobillos" is spelled T-O-B-I-L-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈβ̞iʝos].
What does "tobillos" mean?
As a noun, "tobillos" means: Forma del plural de tobillo.
What words are commonly confused with "tobillos"?
"tobillos" is commonly confused with "tomillo", "tornillos", "tobillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tobillos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tobillos" is [t̪oˈβ̞iʝos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tobillos" come from?
"tobillos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.