top
[ˈt̪op]
The verdict
“top” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #3,027) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #3,027
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una cosa: de alto nivel, principal, que tiene el primer lugar de estimación o importancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-top · top · Spanish
top · rank #3,027 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,027
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tormenta
Nearest frequency peer: tormenta (+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.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “top”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- tercero
tercero
96,977 corpus weight
- terror
terror
96,976 corpus weight
- top
top
96,974 corpus weight
- tormenta
tormenta
96,973 corpus weight
- adiós
adiós
96,972 corpus weight
- an
an
96,971 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “top” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | top |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪op] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #3,027 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “top”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for top is neighbouring look-alikes ("tú", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [ˈt̪op]. Frequency #3,027 among 3,005 “T” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
top doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "TV", "ty", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is top, spelled T-O-P.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una cosa: de alto nivel, principal, que tiene el primer lugar de estimación o importancia.
- 2Dicho de una cosa: que está a la moda.
- 3Dicho de una persona: que tiene alto poder adquisitivo o que es considerada muy importante o famosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how top appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y yo soy clop, el nuevo chico top arranco el miércoles saliendo, de la oficina
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
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