torn
/tɔː(ɹ)n/
The verdict
“torn” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,321 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,321
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Llorado, pasado participio pasado de tear.
Corpus desk
Index ES-torn · torn · Spanish
torn · rank #85,321 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,321
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH toméis
Nearest frequency peer: toméis (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “torn”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tomabas
tomabas
14,684 corpus weight
- toméis
toméis
14,681 corpus weight
- torn
torn
14,680 corpus weight
- torretas
torretas
14,679 corpus weight
- tragamos
tragamos
14,678 corpus weight
- traicionará
traicionará
14,677 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “torn” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torn |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /tɔː(ɹ)n/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,321 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “torn” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
torn is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,321 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /tɔː(ɹ)n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for torn, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is torn, spelled T-O-R-N.
Definition
- 1Llorado, pasado participio pasado de tear.
- 2Roto, desgarrado, pasado participio pasado de tear.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.