tolva
[ˈt̪olβ̞a]
The verdict
“tolva” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,826 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,826
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositivo destinado al depósito y canalización de materiales granulares o pulverizados, usualmente en forma de pirámide o cono invertido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tolva · tolva · Spanish
tolva · rank #76,826 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,826
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tolerancias
Nearest frequency peer: tolerancias (-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 “tolva”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tirará
tirará
23,178 corpus weight
- tolerancias
tolerancias
23,176 corpus weight
- tolva
tolva
23,175 corpus weight
- tostón
tostón
23,174 corpus weight
- towards
towards
23,173 corpus weight
- traditional
traditional
23,172 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tolva” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tolva |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪olβ̞a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #76,826 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tolva” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tolva is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,826 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪olβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
tolva doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tolva, spelled T-O-L-V-A.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo destinado al depósito y canalización de materiales granulares o pulverizados, usualmente en forma de pirámide o cono invertido.
- 2Por extensión, remolque que contiene la tolva propiamente dicha, usado para transportar arena o sólidos granulares.
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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