toward
/təˈwɔːd/
The verdict
“toward” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,408 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,408
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - En la dirección de, hacia.
| 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) |
Where “toward” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
toward is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,408 among 34,400 “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).
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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Using “toward”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-O-W-A-R-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.