tombo
[ˈt̪õmbo]
The verdict
“tombo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,423 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,423
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de la Policía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tombo · tombo · Spanish
tombo · rank #90,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,423
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH tombstone
Nearest frequency peer: tombstone (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tombo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tinnitus
tinnitus
9,583 corpus weight
- tinturas
tinturas
9,582 corpus weight
- tombo
tombo
9,578 corpus weight
- tombstone
tombstone
9,577 corpus weight
- tona
tona
9,575 corpus weight
- toquéis
toquéis
9,574 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tombo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tombo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪õmbo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #90,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tombo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tombo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,423 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪õmbo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de la Policía.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tombo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tombo, spelled T-O-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1Individuo que pertenece al cuerpo de la Policía.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tombo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
2006. «Es el auto que están buscando todos los tombos del país desde el atentado contra la embajada. Parece que es uno del comando, la policía lo tiene fichado.» -.
2007. «Venezuela: Los tombos agarraron al malandro y lo metieron en la jaula.» -.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tombo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.