tornar
[t̪oɾˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“tornar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,248 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Volver, ir de vuelta a un sitio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tornar · tornar · Spanish
tornar · rank #64,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,248
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH torio
Nearest frequency peer: torio (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tornar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- toleramos
toleramos
35,757 corpus weight
- took
took
35,756 corpus weight
- torio
torio
35,754 corpus weight
- tornar
tornar
35,753 corpus weight
- tortuosa
tortuosa
35,752 corpus weight
- torture
torture
35,751 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tornar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tornar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪oɾˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #64,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tornar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tornar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,248 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [t̪oɾˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tornar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 tornar, spelled T-O-R-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Volver, ir de vuelta a un sitio.
- 2Hacer algo de nuevo, sobre todo si se hacía regularmente y se ha dejado de hacer en algún momento previo.
- 3Recuperar la conciencia, volver en sí.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tornar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tornar a entrar, a salir
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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