TOC

[ˈt̪ok]

/[ˈt̪ok]/ noun

The verdict

“TOC” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,835) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#17,835
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trastorno caracterizado por pensamientos intrusivos, repetitivos y persistentes que producen gran ansiedad y otras molestias que el afectado trata de mitigar mediante rituales repetitivos denominad...

Corpus desk

Index ES-toc · TOC · Spanish

TOC · rank #17,835 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,835
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tontas

Nearest frequency peer: tontas (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “TOC”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “TOC” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

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).

TOC vs tú
0% similar
TOC vs TV
33% similar
TOC vs ty
0% similar

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

Key facts for TOC
PropertyValue
HeadwordTOC
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ok]
Letters3
Frequency rank#17,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “TOC”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.TOCcae 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 “tontas” (#17,836), “tenso” (#17,833), “transmitida” (#17,837). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “TOC” va en #17,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for TOC is neighbouring look-alikes ("tú", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈt̪ok]. Frequency #17,835 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Trastorno caracterizado por pensamientos intrusivos, repetitivos y persistentes que producen gran ansiedad y otras molestias que el afectado trata de mitigar mediante rituales repetitivos denominad...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for TOC in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "TV", "ty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is TOC, spelled T-O-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trastorno caracterizado por pensamientos intrusivos, repetitivos y persistentes que producen gran ansiedad y otras molestias que el afectado trata de mitigar mediante rituales repetitivos denominados compulsiones.

This word in other languages

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 "TOC"?
"TOC" is spelled T-O-C. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ok].
What does "TOC" mean?
As a noun, "TOC" means: Trastorno caracterizado por pensamientos intrusivos, repetitivos y persistentes que producen gran ansiedad y otras molestias que el afectado trata de mitigar mediante rituales repetitivos denominad...
What words are commonly confused with "TOC"?
"TOC" is commonly confused with "tú", "TV", "ty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "TOC"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "TOC" is [ˈt̪ok]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "TOC" come from?
"TOC" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list