tour

[ˈt̪uɾ]

/[ˈt̪uɾ]/ noun

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The verdict

“tour” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #4,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,385
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viaje de un artista, o por extensión de un turista, recorriendo varias plazas antes de retornar a su punto de partida

Corpus desk

Index ES-tour · tour · Spanish

tour · rank #4,385 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,385
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tomás

Nearest frequency peer: Tomás (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “tour”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “tour” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

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).

tour vs tú
25% similar
tour vs tus
50% similar
tour vs toy
50% similar

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

Key facts for tour
PropertyValue
Headwordtour
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪uɾ]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,385
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tour”

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Tomás” (#4,384), “tradiciones” (#4,386), “sostiene” (#4,383). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tour” va en #4,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around tour (IPA [ˈt̪uɾ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,385 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for tour, with forms such as "otur", "toru", and "tourr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "tus", "toy", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tour, spelled T-O-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Viaje de un artista, o por extensión de un turista, recorriendo varias plazas antes de retornar a su punto de partida
  2. 2
    Itinerario regular que un viajante u otro profesional recorre en el curso de sus tareas

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • otur
  • toru
  • tourr
  • ttour
  • tuor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tour - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

otur2toru2tourr1ttour1tuor2
Edit distance from "tour"

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 "tour"?
"tour" is spelled T-O-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪uɾ].
What does "tour" mean?
As a noun, "tour" means: Viaje de un artista, o por extensión de un turista, recorriendo varias plazas antes de retornar a su punto de partida
What words are commonly confused with "tour"?
"tour" is commonly confused with "tú", "tus", "toy". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tour"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tour" is [ˈt̪uɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tour" come from?
"tour" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

joda#4,349fifa#4,338info#4,434Aves#4,303

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

añade5 variantsJaime5 variantscorrea5 variantsdudo5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list