tono
[ˈt̪ono]
The verdict
“tono” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,428 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Propiedad de los sonidos que los caracteriza como más agudos o más graves, en función de su frecuencia.
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) |
Where “tono” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tono is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ono]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,428 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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.
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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Using “tono”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ono] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “top” - see the side-by-side comparison. tono vs top
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.