tropo
[ˈt̪ɾopo]
The verdict
“tropo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,878 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,878
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Texto breve con música que, durante la Edad Media, se añadía al oficio litúrgico y que luego empezó a ser recitado por el cantor y el pueblo, lo que culminaría con el drama litúrgico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tropo · tropo · Spanish
tropo · rank #96,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,878
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trota
Nearest frequency peer: trota (+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 “tropo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- transversa
transversa
3,129 corpus weight
- trasgos
trasgos
3,128 corpus weight
- tria
tria
3,126 corpus weight
- tropo
tropo
3,123 corpus weight
- trota
trota
3,122 corpus weight
- tupamaro
tupamaro
3,119 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tropo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tropo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾopo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #96,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tropo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tropo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,878 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪ɾopo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tropo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tropo, spelled T-R-O-P-O.
Definition
- 1Texto breve con música que, durante la Edad Media, se añadía al oficio litúrgico y que luego empezó a ser recitado por el cantor y el pueblo, lo que culminaría con el drama litúrgico.
- 2Empleo de las palabras en sentido distinto del que propiamente les corresponde, pero que tiene con este alguna conexión, correspondencia o semejanza. El tropo comprende la sinécdoque, la metonimia y la metáfora en todas sus variedades.
This word in other languages
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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