tough
/tʌf/
The verdict
“tough” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,633 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,633
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Duro, fuerte.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tough · tough · Spanish
tough · rank #79,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,633
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tote
Nearest frequency peer: tote (-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 “tough”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tlacuache
tlacuache
20,372 corpus weight
- tote
tote
20,369 corpus weight
- tough
tough
20,368 corpus weight
- trabajase
trabajase
20,367 corpus weight
- transigir
transigir
20,366 corpus weight
- transmites
transmites
20,365 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tough” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tough |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /tʌf/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tough” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tough is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,633 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /tʌf/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tough, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tough, spelled T-O-U-G-H.
Definition
- 1Duro, fuerte.
- 2Áspero.
- 3Severo.
- 4Frío, práctico, no sentimental.
- 5Excelente.
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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