tona
[ˈt̪ona]
The verdict
“tona” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,426 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,426
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tonar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tona · tona · Spanish
tona · rank #90,426 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,426
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH toquéis
Nearest frequency peer: toquéis (+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 “tona”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- 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
- toru
toru
9,570 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tona” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tona |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ona] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #90,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tona” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tona is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,426 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪ona]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tona, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. 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 documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tona, spelled T-O-N-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tonar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de tonar.
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
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 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.