Tolima
[t̪oˈlima]
The verdict
“Tolima” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #22,216 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #22,216
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tolima |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [t̪oˈlima] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #22,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tolima” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Tolima is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈlima]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,216 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Departamento 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.
- 2Volcán 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
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.
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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Using “Tolima”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-L-I-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪oˈlima] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “toma” - see the side-by-side comparison. Tolima vs toma
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.