tórtola
[ˈt̪oɾt̪ola]
The verdict
“tórtola” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,872 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,872
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Zenaida auriculata Des Murs) Paloma de unos 26 a 27 cm, de mayor tamaño que el cuculí, de color gris con tonalidades rosadas y manchas más oscuras en la cabeza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tortola · tórtola · Spanish
tórtola · rank #69,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,872
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH turrones
Nearest frequency peer: turrones (-2 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 “tórtola”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- trienal
trienal
30,135 corpus weight
- truena
truena
30,134 corpus weight
- tuercen
tuercen
30,133 corpus weight
- turrones
turrones
30,131 corpus weight
- tórtola
tórtola
30,129 corpus weight
- urgió
urgió
30,126 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tórtola” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tórtola |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪oɾt̪ola] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,872 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tórtola” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tórtola is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,872 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪oɾt̪ola]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tórtola, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tórtola, spelled T-Ó-R-T-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1(Zenaida auriculata Des Murs) Paloma de unos 26 a 27 cm, de mayor tamaño que el cuculí, de color gris con tonalidades rosadas y manchas más oscuras en la cabeza.
- 2(Columba palumbus) Paloma silvestre española de gran tamaño, con el dorso, cabeza y cola de color gris azulado, vientre blanquecino.
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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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