toque

/[ˈt̪oke]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,228

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

toque is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de tocar, palpar, un objeto, persona o animal. Pronounced [ˈt̪oke]. It ranks #2,228 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tour and true.

Key facts for toque
PropertyValue
Headwordtoque
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪oke]
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,228
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for toque is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪oke]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,228 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for toque, with forms such as "otque", "toqeu", and "toqque". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "tour", "true", "tout", 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 toque, spelled T-O-Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de tocar, palpar, un objeto, persona o animal.
  2. 2
    Golpe suave y breve.
  3. 3
    Sonido que emite un objeto metálico, como una campana, al ser golpeado.
  4. 4
    Música breve que se usa para anunciar un evento o circunstancia.
  5. 5
    Advertencia personal para que se corrija un comportamiento.
  6. 6
    Prueba de la calidad del oro o la plata que se hace con ácido nítrico sobre una piedra.
  7. 7
    Piedra empleada para verificar el oro o la plata mediante la adición de ácido nítrico.
  8. 8
    Aplicación de un líquido embebido en un trapo o pincel sobre una herida con fines curativos.
  9. 9
    Pasada del pincel sobre el lienzo o superficie a tratar.
  10. 10
    Acto o circunstancia que añaden o quitan una característica a determinado evento.
  11. 11
    Modificación menor que conluye y perfecciona una obra.
  12. 12
    Contracción muscular involuntaria producida por una descarga eléctrica.
  13. 13
    Cantidad de bebida alcohólica que se ingiere de una vez.
  14. 14
    Entre drogadictos, acto de inhalar la droga.
  15. 15
    Dosis de marihuana arrollada en forma de cigarrillo.
  16. 16
    Asunto medular del tema tratado.
  17. 17
    Fiesta religiosa con tambores, de la santería cubana.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otque,toqeu,toqque,touqe,tqoue,ttoque

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for toque

Misspelling Variants of "toque"

otque5toqeu5toqque6touqe5tqoue5ttoque6
Misspelling Variants of "toque"

Frequency rank: #2,228 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "toque"?
"toque" is spelled T-O-Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪oke].
What does "toque" mean?
As a noun, "toque" means: Acción de tocar, palpar, un objeto, persona o animal.
What words are commonly confused with "toque"?
"toque" is commonly confused with "tour", "true", "tout". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "toque"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "toque" is [ˈt̪oke]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "toque" come from?
"toque" 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.