tonel
[t̪oˈnel]
The verdict
“tonel” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,464 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,464
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Recipiente de madera, compuesto de duelas aseguradas con aros y dos bases circulares llanas, que se usa para almacenar vino u otro líquido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tonel · tonel · Spanish
tonel · rank #63,464 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,464
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 34,400
- PHOTO-FINISH trabajábamos
Nearest frequency peer: trabajábamos (+2 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 “tonel”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tonel
tonel
36,537 corpus weight
- trabajábamos
trabajábamos
36,535 corpus weight
- trabuco
trabuco
36,534 corpus weight
- transbordad…
transbordadores
36,533 corpus weight
- transmitimos
transmitimos
36,532 corpus weight
- trapiche
trapiche
36,531 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tonel” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tonel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪oˈnel] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #63,464 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tonel” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tonel is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,464 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪oˈnel]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tonel, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tonel, spelled T-O-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1Recipiente de madera, compuesto de duelas aseguradas con aros y dos bases circulares llanas, que se usa para almacenar vino u otro líquido.
- 2El contenido de un tonel₁.
- 3Antigua unidad de medida de capacidad de las naves (arqueo), equivalente a cinco sextos de tonelada.
- 4Persona muy obesa.
- 5Acrobacia aérea en la que el avión efectúa un giro vertical completo para acabar recuperando su dirección inicial.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tonel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 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.