told
/təʊld/
The verdict
“told” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,269 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,269
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasado simple del verbo (to) tell.
Corpus desk
Index ES-told · told · Spanish
told · rank #51,269 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,269
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tocadiscos
Nearest frequency peer: tocadiscos (-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 “told”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tinglado
tinglado
48,735 corpus weight
- toba
toba
48,734 corpus weight
- tocadiscos
tocadiscos
48,733 corpus weight
- told
told
48,732 corpus weight
- torrentes
torrentes
48,731 corpus weight
- tracker
tracker
48,730 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “told” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | told |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /təʊld/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,269 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “told” en español
Rare enough to double-check
told is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,269 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /təʊld/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for told in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is told, spelled T-O-L-D.
Definition
- 1Pasado simple del verbo (to) tell.
- 2Participio pasado del verbo (to) tell.
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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