tombstone
/ˈtuːmstəʊn/
The verdict
“tombstone” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,424 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,424
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lápida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tombstone · tombstone · Spanish
tombstone · rank #90,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,424
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH tombo
Nearest frequency peer: tombo (-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 “tombstone”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- torsos
torsos
9,572 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tombstone” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tombstone |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtuːmstəʊn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,424 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tombstone” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tombstone is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,424 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtuːmstəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lápida.".
tombstone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tombstone, spelled T-O-M-B-S-T-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Lápida.
Synonyms
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 "tombstone", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 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.