tómbola
[ˈt̪õmbola]
The verdict
“tómbola” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,008 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Sorteo público, generalmente de carácter benéfico, donde se ofrecen diferentes premios. Es un juego parecido al bingo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tombola · tómbola · Spanish
tómbola · rank #69,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,008
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trivialidades
Nearest frequency peer: trivialidades (-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 “tómbola”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- traumatizada
traumatizada
30,998 corpus weight
- trinquete
trinquete
30,997 corpus weight
- tripulada
tripulada
30,995 corpus weight
- trivialidad…
trivialidades
30,994 corpus weight
- tómbola
tómbola
30,993 corpus weight
- Ubaldo
Ubaldo
30,991 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tómbola” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tómbola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪õmbola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tómbola” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tómbola is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,008 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪õmbola]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tómbola, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is tómbola, spelled T-Ó-M-B-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1Sorteo público, generalmente de carácter benéfico, donde se ofrecen diferentes premios. Es un juego parecido al bingo.
- 2Lugar donde se realizan estos sorteos.
- 3Utensilio empleado para realizar tómbolas₁ y otros sorteos semejantes. Usualmente es un cilindro giratorio que contiene en su interior bolas numeradas o fichas.
This word in other languages
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tómbola", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 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.