Tom Collins
[ˈt̪õm ˈkolĩns]
The verdict
“Tom Collins” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Cóctel preparado con ginebra, jugo de limón, almíbar o azúcar, agua carbonatada y hielo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tom Collins |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈt̪õm ˈkolĩns] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tom Collins” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Tom Collins is 11 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪õm ˈkolĩns]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cóctel preparado con ginebra, jugo de limón, almíbar o azúcar, agua carbonatada y hielo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Tom Collins in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Tom Collins, spelled T-O-M- -C-O-L-L-I-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Cóctel preparado con ginebra, jugo de limón, almíbar o azúcar, agua carbonatada y hielo.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Tom Collins”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-M- -C-O-L-L-I-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪õm ˈkolĩns] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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