tocayo
[t̪oˈkaʝo]
The verdict
“tocayo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,675 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,675
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene el mismo nombre que otra persona.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tocayo · tocayo · Spanish
tocayo · rank #59,675 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,675
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH titi
Nearest frequency peer: titi (-2 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 “tocayo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tiraje
tiraje
40,331 corpus weight
- tirita
tirita
40,330 corpus weight
- titi
titi
40,328 corpus weight
- tocayo
tocayo
40,326 corpus weight
- tracia
tracia
40,323 corpus weight
- traducía
traducía
40,322 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tocayo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tocayo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪oˈkaʝo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #59,675 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tocayo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tocayo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,675 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪oˈkaʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que tiene el mismo nombre que otra persona.".
Zero misspellings are on record for tocayo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tocayo, spelled T-O-C-A-Y-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene el mismo nombre que otra persona.
Synonyms
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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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