tonces
[ˈt̪õnses]
The verdict
“tonces” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,976 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,976
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante subestándar de entonces.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tonces · tonces · Spanish
tonces · rank #55,976 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,976
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH Tory
Nearest frequency peer: Tory (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tonces”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tildó
tildó
44,029 corpus weight
- tonces
tonces
44,025 corpus weight
- Tory
Tory
44,024 corpus weight
- transformo
transformo
44,023 corpus weight
- transitando
transitando
44,022 corpus weight
- transparent…
transparentar
44,021 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tonces” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonces |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪õnses] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,976 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tonces” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tonces is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,976 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈt̪õnses]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante subestándar de entonces.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tonces, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 tonces, spelled T-O-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Variante subestándar de entonces.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tonces appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tonces dijo «Espera! No me deja dar paso esta niebla» Yo dije: «Qué niebla?», porque no veía nada. No había nada. Tonces le digo: «Apura rápido!».
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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