tourism

/tʊərɪzəm/

//tʊərɪzəm// noun

The verdict

“tourism” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,859 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,859
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index ES-tourism · tourism · Spanish

tourism · rank #69,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,859
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH tosa

Nearest frequency peer: tosa (-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 “tourism”

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 “tourism” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tourism
PropertyValue
Headwordtourism
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tʊərɪzəm/
Letters7
Frequency rank#69,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “tourism” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.tourismcae 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: “tosa” (#69,858), “Torrens” (#69,857), “tramado” (#69,861). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tourism” va en #69,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tourism is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,859 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tʊərɪzəm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Turismo.".

Zero misspellings are on record for tourism in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tourism, spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Turismo.

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 "tourism"?
"tourism" is spelled T-O-U-R-I-S-M. The IPA pronunciation is /tʊərɪzəm/.
What does "tourism" mean?
As a noun, "tourism" means: Turismo.
How do you pronounce "tourism"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tourism" is /tʊərɪzəm/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tourism" come from?
"tourism" 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 "tourism", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list