totuma
[t̪oˈt̪uma]
The verdict
“totuma” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | totuma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪oˈt̪uma] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “totuma” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
totuma is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪oˈt̪uma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for totuma, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is totuma, spelled T-O-T-U-M-A.
Definition
- 1(Crescentia cujete) Árbol de la familia de las bignoniáceas, originario de la zona intertropical de América.
- 2Fruto de la totuma.
- 3Vasija hecha a partir del fruto del árbol del totumo.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “totuma”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-T-U-M-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪oˈt̪uma] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.