tocino

/[t̪oˈsino]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,215

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

tocino is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tejido graso, ubicado bajo la piel del cerdo y otros mamíferos, que se consume como alimento Pronounced [t̪oˈsino]. Often confused with tono and toco.

Key facts for tocino
PropertyValue
Headwordtocino
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oˈsino]
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,215
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tocino is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈsino]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,215 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tejido graso, ubicado bajo la piel del cerdo y otros mamíferos, que se consume como alimento".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for tocino, with forms such as "otcino", "tcoino", and "toccino". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "tono", "toco", "torno", and more, 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 tocino, spelled T-O-C-I-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tejido graso, ubicado bajo la piel del cerdo y otros mamíferos, que se consume como alimento

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otcino,tcoino,toccino,tocinno,tocion,tocnio,toicno,tosino,ttocino

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tocino

Misspelling Variants of "tocino"

otcino6tcoino6toccino7tocinno7tocion6tocnio6toicno6tosino6
Misspelling Variants of "tocino"

Frequency rank: #22,215 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tocino"?
"tocino" is spelled T-O-C-I-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈsino].
What does "tocino" mean?
As a noun, "tocino" means: Tejido graso, ubicado bajo la piel del cerdo y otros mamíferos, que se consume como alimento
What words are commonly confused with "tocino"?
"tocino" is commonly confused with "tono", "toco", "torno". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tocino"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tocino" is [t̪oˈsino]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tocino" come from?
"tocino" 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.