tropo
[ˈt̪ɾopo]
The verdict
“tropo” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #96,878 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #96,878
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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.
| 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) |
Where “tropo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tropo is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ɾopo]. Corpus data places it at rank #96,878 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “tropo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-O-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪ɾopo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.