tormento
[t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“tormento” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #27,035 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,035
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de atormentar.
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 | tormento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #27,035 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tormento” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tormento is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #27,035 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for tormento, with forms such as "otrmento", "tomrento", and "toremnto". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Toronto", "Torrent", "torrente", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tormento, spelled T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de atormentar.
- 2Dolor o sufrimiento físico.
- 3Sufrimiento emocional, angustia, aflicción, congoja, pena.
- 4Instrumento musical idiófono de percusión, de golpe directo. Sirve para acompañar cuecas, tonadas y danzas campesinas de la Zona Central y del Norte Chico de Chile.
- 5Daño, dolor o lesión corporal que se causa a un reo o detenido para obligarlo a confesar o dar información.
- 6Máquina que dispara balas y proyectiles de diferentes tipos.
- 7Persona, objeto o situación que produce u ocasiona frecuentes preocupaciones o sufrimientos.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otrmento,tomrento,toremnto,tormennto,tormenot,tormentto,tormetno,tormmento,tormneto,torrmento,tromento,ttormento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tormento - 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 “tormento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Toronto” - see the side-by-side comparison. tormento vs Toronto
- 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.