tomillo

/[t̪oˈmiʝo]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,882

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

tomillo is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Thymus spp) Nombre común en español con el que se conocen a diversas plantas del género Thymus, de la familia de las labiadas (Lamiales) (Lamiaceae). El más común y conocido es Thymus vulgaris, qu... Pronounced [t̪oˈmiʝo]. Often confused with trillo and tornillo.

Key facts for tomillo
PropertyValue
Headwordtomillo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oˈmiʝo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#37,882
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tomillo is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oˈmiʝo]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,882 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Thymus spp) Nombre común en español con el que se conocen a diversas plantas del género Thymus, de la familia de las labiadas (Lamiales) (Lamiaceae). El más común y conocido es Thymus vulgaris, qu...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tomillo, with forms such as "otmillo", "tmoillo", and "toimllo". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "trillo", "tornillo", "tobillo", 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 tomillo, spelled T-O-M-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Thymus spp) Nombre común en español con el que se conocen a diversas plantas del género Thymus, de la familia de las labiadas (Lamiales) (Lamiaceae). El más común y conocido es Thymus vulgaris, que se emplea como condimento y como planta medicinal. Los tomillos son plantas perennes, de tallo leñoso, de escasa altura, que viven en suelos pobres y pedregosos de regiones secas. Sus hojas son diminutas y poseen esencias aromáticas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otmillo,tmoillo,toimllo,tomilo,tomilol,tomlilo,tommillo,ttomillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tomillo

Misspelling Variants of "tomillo"

otmillo7tmoillo7toimllo7tomilo6tomilol7tomlilo7tommillo8ttomillo8
Misspelling Variants of "tomillo"

Frequency rank: #37,882 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tomillo"?
"tomillo" is spelled T-O-M-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oˈmiʝo].
What does "tomillo" mean?
As a noun, "tomillo" means: (Thymus spp) Nombre común en español con el que se conocen a diversas plantas del género Thymus, de la familia de las labiadas (Lamiales) (Lamiaceae). El más común y conocido es Thymus vulgaris, qu...
What words are commonly confused with "tomillo"?
"tomillo" is commonly confused with "trillo", "tornillo", "tobillo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tomillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tomillo" is [t̪oˈmiʝo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tomillo" come from?
"tomillo" 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.