toma

/[ˈt̪oma]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#869

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

toma is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de tomar (recibir o encargarse de algo). Pronounced [ˈt̪oma]. It ranks #869 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with top and tos.

Key facts for toma
PropertyValue
Headwordtoma
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪oma]
Letters4
Frequency rank#869
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of toma in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for toma is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪oma]. Corpus data places it at rank #869 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for toma, with forms such as "otma", "tmoa", and "toam". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "top", "tos", "too", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 toma, spelled T-O-M-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de tomar (recibir o encargarse de algo).
  2. 2
    Ración o dosis de algo que se recibe o consume de una vez, o de un medicamento administrado por vía oral.
  3. 3
    Conexión o lugar desde donde fluye corriente eléctrica, señal de internet, etc.
  4. 4
    Proceso y resultado de filmar o fotografiar.
  5. 5
    Acción y resultado de apoderarse de un territorio o espacio por la fuerza.
  6. 6
    Arroyo, río pequeño, quebrada.
  7. 7
    Canal de irrigación.
  8. 8
    Llave, lance de lucha para inmovilizar al adversario.
  9. 9
    Abertura que se hace con el fin de desviar parte del agua que pasa por un canal.
  10. 10
    Abertura que se practica sobre el capó para facilitar la entrada de aire hacia el motor.
  11. 11
    Tanto el asentamiento informal, que surge de la ocupación de terrenos vacíos por población con problemas de vivienda, así como el acto de dicha ocupación.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otma,tmoa,toam,tomma,ttoma

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for toma

Misspelling Variants of "toma"

otma4tmoa4toam4tomma5ttoma5
Misspelling Variants of "toma"

Frequency rank: #869 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toma"?
"toma" is spelled T-O-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪oma].
What does "toma" mean?
As a noun, "toma" means: Acción o efecto de tomar (recibir o encargarse de algo).
What words are commonly confused with "toma"?
"toma" is commonly confused with "top", "tos", "too". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toma"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toma" is [ˈt̪oma]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toma" come from?
"toma" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.