toward
/təˈwɔːd/
The verdict
“toward” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,408 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,408
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En la dirección de, hacia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-toward · toward · Spanish
toward · rank #89,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,408
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tou
Nearest frequency peer: tou (-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 “toward”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tort
tort
10,597 corpus weight
- totalizando
totalizando
10,596 corpus weight
- tou
tou
10,594 corpus weight
- toward
toward
10,593 corpus weight
- traidoras
traidoras
10,591 corpus weight
- trastoca
trastoca
10,589 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “toward” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | toward |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | /təˈwɔːd/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “toward” en español
Rare enough to double-check
toward is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,408 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed /təˈwɔːd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
toward doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is toward, spelled T-O-W-A-R-D.
Definition
- 1En la dirección de, hacia.
- 2Acerca de.
- 3Con la visión de.
- 4Con el propósito de lograr (un objetivo).
- 5Ubicado cerca de; cerca de (un tiempo o lugar).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how toward appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
She moved toward the door.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).