tostón
[t̪osˈt̪õn]
The verdict
“tostón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,827 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,827
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Torrado (garbanzo tostado).
Corpus desk
Index ES-toston · tostón · Spanish
tostón · rank #76,827 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,827
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tolva
Nearest frequency peer: tolva (-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 “tostón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tirará
tirará
23,178 corpus weight
- tolerancias
tolerancias
23,176 corpus weight
- tolva
tolva
23,175 corpus weight
- tostón
tostón
23,174 corpus weight
- towards
towards
23,173 corpus weight
- traditional
traditional
23,172 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tostón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tostón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪osˈt̪õn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #76,827 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tostón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tostón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,827 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪osˈt̪õn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tostón in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tostón, spelled T-O-S-T-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Torrado (garbanzo tostado).
- 2Crutón.
- 3Cosa demasiado tostada.
- 4Pipa (semilla tostada de girasol).
- 5Cochinillo, asado.
- 6Dardo hecho con una vara tostada por la punta para endurecerla.
- 7Molestia, incordio, pesadez.
- 8Persona que habla en exceso y sin decir nada significativo.
- 9Rodaja de plátano machacado y frito.
- 10Planta de la familia de las nictagíneas, con tallo nudoso, hojas ovaladas y florecillas moradas.
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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