tú

[ˈt̪u]

/[ˈt̪u]/ pron

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The verdict

“tú” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #310 in Spanish word frequency and used as a pronoun.

#310
frequency rank, Spanish
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativo y vocativo del pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tú vs TV
0% similar
tú vs ty
50% similar
tú vs tus
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tú
PropertyValue
Headwordtú
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPronoun
IPA[ˈt̪u]
Letters2
Frequency rank#310
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tú” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tú lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tú is 2 letters long, classified as a pronoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪u]. Corpus data places it at rank #310 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nominativo y vocativo del pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tú in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "ty", "tus", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tú, spelled T-Ú.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativo y vocativo del pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular.

This word in other languages

you(English)tu(Français)du(Deutsch)tu(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tú"?
"tú" is spelled T-Ú. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪u].
What does "tú" mean?
As a pronoun, "tú" means: Nominativo y vocativo del pronombre personal de la segunda persona del singular.
What words are commonly confused with "tú"?
"tú" is commonly confused with "TV", "ty", "tus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tú"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tú" is [ˈt̪u]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tú" come from?
"tú" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Using “tú”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is T-Ú - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈt̪u] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “TV” - see the side-by-side comparison. tú vs TV
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list