tot

[toːt]

/[toːt]/ adj

The verdict

“tot” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,183) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#42,183
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muerto.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tot · tot · Spanish

tot · rank #42,183 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,183
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tostadora

Nearest frequency peer: tostadora (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “tot”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “tot” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tot vs tú
33% similar
tot vs TV
0% similar
tot vs ty
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tot
PropertyValue
Headwordtot
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[toːt]
Letters3
Frequency rank#42,183
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “tot”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).totcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “tostadora” (#42,182), “transcurren” (#42,184), “toscano” (#42,181). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tot” va en #42,183. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tot is neighbouring look-alikes ("tú", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced [toːt]. Frequency #42,183 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Muerto.".

Zero misspellings are on record for tot in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "TV", "ty", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 tot, spelled T-O-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muerto.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tot"?
"tot" is spelled T-O-T. The IPA pronunciation is [toːt].
What does "tot" mean?
As an adjective, "tot" means: Muerto.
What words are commonly confused with "tot"?
"tot" is commonly confused with "tú", "TV", "ty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tot"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tot" is [toːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tot" come from?
"tot" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tot", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list