torre
Letters
5 characters
Frequency Rank
#2,582
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
5
tracked variants
Confusables
20
similar word pairs
torre is aSpanishnoun. It means: Edificio alto y relativamente estrecho. Pronounced [ˈt̪ore]. It ranks #2,582 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tre and trae.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | torre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ore] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for torre is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ore]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,582 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for torre, with forms such as "otrre", "tore", and "torer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tre", "trae", "tour", 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 torre, spelled T-O-R-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Edificio alto y relativamente estrecho.
- 2En particular, torre₁ que forma parte de un conjunto fortificado, usada para defensa.
- 3En particular, torre₁ que forma parte de un conjunto eclesiástico, en la que suelen colocarse las campanas.
- 4Estructura portátil, similar a una torre₂, empleada antiguamente para asediar una plaza amurallada.
- 5Estructura fortificada sobre la cubierta que aloja las piezas de artillería.
- 6Estructura en forma de torre₁ que soporta equipamento técnico.
- 7(♖, ♜) Pieza del juego de ajedrez cuya forma recuerda a una torre₁, que mueve en línea recta.
- 8Casa exenta, en especial la rodeada de huertos.
- 9Chimenea alta para las emisiones de los ingenios azucareros.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otrre,tore,torer,trore,ttorre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for torre
Misspelling Variants of "torre"
Frequency rank: #2,582 in Spanish
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Nearby Spanish words
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