tordo
[ˈt̪oɾð̞o]
The verdict
“tordo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #71,504 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,504
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Turdus merula) Pájaro europeo de plumaje negro en el macho y pardo en la hermbra y los juveniles, omnívoro y adaptable al entorno urbano, que reside en bosques y jardines de toda Europa y la mayor...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tordo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪oɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #71,504 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tordo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tordo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪oɾð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,504 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
tordo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tordo, spelled T-O-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1(Turdus merula) Pájaro europeo de plumaje negro en el macho y pardo en la hermbra y los juveniles, omnívoro y adaptable al entorno urbano, que reside en bosques y jardines de toda Europa y la mayor parte de Asia, al sur del Círculo Polar Ártico.
- 2(Molothrus bonariensis) Pájaro americano de plumaje negro tornasolado en el macho y pardo en la hembra y los juveniles, que deposita sus huevos en nidos de otras especies para que estos críen los polluelos por ellos.
- 3(Curaeus curaeus) Pájaro de plumaje y pico negro opaco, que no presenta dimorfismo sexual. Se distribuye en el centro y Sur de Chile y en el sudoeste de Argentina hasta la Patagonia.
- 4El nombre común de numerosas especies del género Turdus y de la familia de los ictéridos.
This word in other languages
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 “tordo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-R-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪oɾð̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.