tocante
[t̪oˈkãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“tocante” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,016 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,016
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que toca.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tocante · tocante · Spanish
tocante · rank #65,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,016
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH toe
Nearest frequency peer: toe (+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 “tocante”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tero
tero
34,990 corpus weight
- teto
teto
34,989 corpus weight
- tipografías
tipografías
34,987 corpus weight
- tocante
tocante
34,985 corpus weight
- toe
toe
34,984 corpus weight
- tostar
tostar
34,982 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tocante” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tocante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪oˈkãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tocante” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tocante is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,016 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [t̪oˈkãn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tocante, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 tocante, spelled T-O-C-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que toca.
- 2Concerniente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tocante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Siempre escuchaban mis relatos con gran atención, en especial lo tocante a la compra de negros, un negocio que no se explotaba en aquella época ….
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).