tomahawk
[t̪omaˈxawk]
The verdict
“tomahawk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,142 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,142
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tipo de hacha que era usada por los indios nativos estadounidenses, originalmente hecha de piedra, huesos o astas.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tomahawk |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪omaˈxawk] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tomahawk” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tomahawk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,142 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪omaˈxawk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
tomahawk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tomahawk, spelled T-O-M-A-H-A-W-K.
Definition
- 1Tipo de hacha que era usada por los indios nativos estadounidenses, originalmente hecha de piedra, huesos o astas.
- 2Trampa para animales que se compone de una jaula o enrejado, en forma de cubículo, de varias varillas de hierro, utilizada generalmente para la captura viva de mamíferos de tamaño medio.
- 3Ojo de bife.
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 “tomahawk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-M-A-H-A-W-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪omaˈxawk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.