tormento

/[t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#27,035

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

tormento is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de atormentar. Pronounced [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Often confused with Toronto and Torrent.

Key facts for tormento
PropertyValue
Headwordtormento
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#27,035
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tormento is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for tormento, with forms such as "otrmento", "tomrento", and "toremnto". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "Toronto", "Torrent", "torrente", 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 tormento, spelled T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de atormentar.
  2. 2
    Dolor o sufrimiento físico.
  3. 3
    Sufrimiento emocional, angustia, aflicción, congoja, pena.
  4. 4
    Instrumento 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.
  5. 5
    Daño, dolor o lesión corporal que se causa a un reo o detenido para obligarlo a confesar o dar información.
  6. 6
    Máquina que dispara balas y proyectiles de diferentes tipos.
  7. 7
    Persona, 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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tormento

Misspelling Variants of "tormento"

otrmento8tomrento8toremnto8tormennto9tormenot8tormentto9tormetno8tormmento9
Misspelling Variants of "tormento"

Frequency rank: #27,035 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tormento"?
"tormento" is spelled T-O-R-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o].
What does "tormento" mean?
As a noun, "tormento" means: Acción o efecto de atormentar.
What words are commonly confused with "tormento"?
"tormento" is commonly confused with "Toronto", "Torrent", "torrente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tormento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tormento" is [t̪oɾˈmẽn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tormento" come from?
"tormento" 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.