Tolima

[t̪oˈlima]

/[t̪oˈlima]/ name

The verdict

“Tolima” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #22,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,216
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina central del país. Coordenadas decimales: 4.088932°, -75.17395°. Su territorio ocupa una superficie de 23.562 km².

Corpus desk

Index ES-tolima · Tolima · Spanish

Tolima · rank #22,216 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,216
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tocino

Nearest frequency peer: tocino (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Tolima”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “Tolima” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

Tolima vs toma
50% similar
Tolima vs Toluca
67% similar
Tolima vs tóxica
33% similar

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

Key facts for Tolima
PropertyValue
HeadwordTolima
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[t̪oˈlima]
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,216
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Tolima”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Tolimacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “tocino” (#22,215), “them” (#22,214), “tractores” (#22,218). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “Tolima” va en #22,216. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Tolima (IPA [t̪oˈlima]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #22,216 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tolima, with forms such as "otlima", "tloima", and "toilma". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "toma", "Toluca", "tóxica", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented 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 Tolima, spelled T-O-L-I-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina central del país. Coordenadas decimales: 4.088932°, -75.17395°. Su territorio ocupa una superficie de 23.562 km².
  2. 2
    Volcán situado en la cordillera central de Los Andes colombianos, con una altitud de 5.216 metros sobre el nivel del mar. Coordenadas decimales: 4.658611,-75.329444°.

Synonyms

plmnevado del Tolima

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otlima
  • tloima
  • toilma
  • toliam
  • tolimma
  • tollima
  • tolmia
  • ttolima

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tolima - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otlima2tloima2toilma2toliam2tolimma1tollima1tolmia2ttolima1
Edit distance from "Tolima"

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 "Tolima"?
"Tolima" is spelled T-O-L-I-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈlima].
What does "Tolima" mean?
As a proper noun, "Tolima" means: Departamento de Colombia, ubicado en la zona andina central del país. Coordenadas decimales: 4.088932°, -75.17395°. Su territorio ocupa una superficie de 23.562 km².
What words are commonly confused with "Tolima"?
"Tolima" is commonly confused with "toma", "Toluca", "tóxica". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tolima"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tolima" is [t̪oˈlima]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tolima" come from?
"Tolima" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list