top

/[ˈt̪op]/ adj

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,027

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

top is anSpanishadj. It means: Dicho de una cosa: de alto nivel, principal, que tiene el primer lugar de estimación o importancia. Pronounced [ˈt̪op]. It ranks #3,027 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tú and TV.

Key facts for top
PropertyValue
Headwordtop
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt̪op]
Letters3
Frequency rank#3,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of top in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for top is 3 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪op]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,027 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for top in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "TV", "ty", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is top, spelled T-O-P, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dicho de una cosa: de alto nivel, principal, que tiene el primer lugar de estimación o importancia.
  2. 2
    Dicho de una cosa: que está a la moda.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona: que tiene alto poder adquisitivo o que es considerada muy importante o famosa.

Frequency rank: #3,027 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "top"?
"top" is spelled T-O-P. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪op].
What does "top" mean?
As an adj, "top" means: Dicho de una cosa: de alto nivel, principal, que tiene el primer lugar de estimación o importancia.
What words are commonly confused with "top"?
"top" is commonly confused with "tú", "TV", "ty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "top"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "top" is [ˈt̪op]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "top" come from?
"top" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.