tuba
[ˈt̪uβ̞a]
The verdict
“tuba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,286 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,286
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento de viento metal, el más grande de ellos y el que tiene la afinación más baja. Funciona de forma similar a la trompeta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tuba · tuba · Spanish
tuba · rank #55,286 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,286
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tufo
Nearest frequency peer: tufo (+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 “tuba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- trillizos
trillizos
44,719 corpus weight
- tritón
tritón
44,718 corpus weight
- trotando
trotando
44,717 corpus weight
- tuba
tuba
44,715 corpus weight
- tufo
tufo
44,714 corpus weight
- tungsteno
tungsteno
44,712 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tuba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪uβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,286 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tuba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tuba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,286 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪uβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento de viento metal, el más grande de ellos y el que tiene la afinación más baja. Funciona de forma similar a la trompeta.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tuba, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tuba, spelled T-U-B-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento de viento metal, el más grande de ellos y el que tiene la afinación más baja. Funciona de forma similar a la trompeta.
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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