tono
[ˈt̪ono]
The verdict
“tono” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #2,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propiedad de los sonidos que los caracteriza como más agudos o más graves, en función de su frecuencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tono · tono · Spanish
tono · rank #2,428 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,428
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH temperatura
Nearest frequency peer: temperatura (-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 “tono”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- siglos
siglos
97,576 corpus weight
- suyo
suyo
97,575 corpus weight
- temperatura
temperatura
97,574 corpus weight
- tono
tono
97,573 corpus weight
- us
us
97,572 corpus weight
- variedad
variedad
97,571 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tono” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | tono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ono] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #2,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “tono” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around tono (IPA [ˈt̪ono]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,428 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tono, with forms such as "otno", "tnoo", and "tonno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "top", "tos", "too", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 tono, spelled T-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Propiedad de los sonidos que los caracteriza como más agudos o más graves, en función de su frecuencia.
- 2Cualidad sonora del habla que depende de la actitud u otros factores de la persona en cuestión.
- 3Sonido emitido por un teléfono u otro aparato de comunicación como indicación de que la línea telefónica está activa y funcionando, o al momento de presionar una tecla o botón del dispositivo.
- 4Conjunto de características de un texto u otra obra, artística o de otro tipo, el cual surge a partir de su modo de redacción o composición en función del contexto o tema que se relacione con tal producción.
- 5Implicación respecto a cierta creencia, moral o ideología.
- 6Apariencia de un color, por ejemplo su brillo, saturación, contraste, o la combinación de tales cualidades.
- 7Frecuencia o entonación de una palabra o lema.
- 8En una escala musical, la distribución de sus notas.
- 9Nombre de una escala musical basado en su nota principal o fundamental.
- 10Intervalo musical equivalente a dos semitonos, o a la distancia entre dos notas o teclas adyacentes de un piano.
- 11Fiesta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tono appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tienes que usar el ecualizador para eliminar esos tonos disonantes.
Su tono de voz me dio a entender que estaba enojado.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- otno
- tnoo
- tonno
- toon
- ttono
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tono - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "tono", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "tono". Here's where to go from here.
- "tono" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "top". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,428 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.