tongo
[ˈt̪õŋgo]
The verdict
“tongo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #42,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,729
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fraude o estafa en la que se obtienen réditos por un acuerdo secreto que da ventaja a una de las partes en un proyecto o competencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tongo · tongo · Spanish
tongo · rank #42,729 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,729
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tiraría
Nearest frequency peer: tiraría (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “tongo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- theft
theft
57,276 corpus weight
- tiraría
tiraría
57,273 corpus weight
- tongo
tongo
57,272 corpus weight
- tons
tons
57,271 corpus weight
- topográfico
topográfico
57,270 corpus weight
- torturan
torturan
57,269 corpus weight
What this shows “tongo” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tongo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪õŋgo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #42,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tongo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tongo (IPA [ˈt̪õŋgo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #42,729 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tongo, with forms such as "otngo", "tnogo", and "togno". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "too", "tono", "toro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 tongo, spelled T-O-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1Fraude o estafa en la que se obtienen réditos por un acuerdo secreto que da ventaja a una de las partes en un proyecto o competencia.
- 2Trampa realizada en ciertas competiciones deportivas, consistente en que uno de los contendientes se deja ganar con el objeto de beneficiar al contrario por razones ajenas a la competición.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tongo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Suponer, a esta altura, que la ofensiva contra Duhalde fue una parodia es una paupérrima lectura de la realidad. Las imputaciones de tongo y las denuncias judiciales contra un fenómeno político de recepción masiva no dan pauta acerca de lo real pero sí sobre la pobreza de muchas fuerzas alternativas.
Las acciones de estados unidos siempre serán consideradas tongo. Imposible que un país con aires de supremacía intente genocidar a medio mundo. No tiene proposito de sí.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otngo
- tnogo
- togno
- tonggo
- tonngo
- tonog
- ttongo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tongo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "tongo", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).