tsk
[ˈk͡ǀ]
The verdict
“tsk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,372 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,372
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muestra de frustración con uno mismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tsk · tsk · Spanish
tsk · rank #72,372 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,372
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH traumatizado
Nearest frequency peer: traumatizado (-2 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 “tsk”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tramar
tramar
27,635 corpus weight
- transformar…
transformarán
27,634 corpus weight
- traumatizado
traumatizado
27,631 corpus weight
- tsk
tsk
27,629 corpus weight
- tálamo
tálamo
27,626 corpus weight
- UVI
UVI
27,623 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tsk” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tsk |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈk͡ǀ] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #72,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tsk” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tsk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,372 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ˈk͡ǀ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tsk, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tsk, spelled T-S-K.
Definition
- 1Muestra de frustración con uno mismo.
- 2Muestra de desaprobación o descontento.
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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