touchdown

[t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn]

/[t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn]/ noun

The verdict

“touchdown” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,443 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,443
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el fútbol americano, anotación que vale seis puntos y que se consigue cuando un jugador ingresa en la zona de anotación rival corriendo con el balón en su poder o cuando, ya en ella, atrapa un p...

Corpus desk

Index ES-touchdown · touchdown · Spanish

touchdown · rank #57,443 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,443
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tose

Nearest frequency peer: tose (-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 “touchdown”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “touchdown” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for touchdown
PropertyValue
Headwordtouchdown
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,443
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “touchdown” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).touchdowncae en esta cola de rareza:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “tose” (#57,442), “transport” (#57,444), “Torrealba” (#57,441). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “touchdown” va en #57,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

touchdown is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,443 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En el fútbol americano, anotación que vale seis puntos y que se consigue cuando un jugador ingresa en la zona de anotación rival corriendo con el balón en su poder o cuando, ya en ella, atrapa un p...".

touchdown doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is touchdown, spelled T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    En el fútbol americano, anotación que vale seis puntos y que se consigue cuando un jugador ingresa en la zona de anotación rival corriendo con el balón en su poder o cuando, ya en ella, atrapa un pase efectuado por un compañero u obtiene la posesión de un balón suelto.

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 "touchdown"?
"touchdown" is spelled T-O-U-C-H-D-O-W-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn].
What does "touchdown" mean?
As a noun, "touchdown" means: En el fútbol americano, anotación que vale seis puntos y que se consigue cuando un jugador ingresa en la zona de anotación rival corriendo con el balón en su poder o cuando, ya en ella, atrapa un p...
How do you pronounce "touchdown"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "touchdown" is [t̪owt͡ʃˈð̞õwn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list