tubo

/[ˈt̪uβ̞o]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,446

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tubo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Objeto de forma cilíndrica, hueco por dentro, casi siempre abierto en ambos extremos. Pronounced [ˈt̪uβ̞o]. It ranks #5,446 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tus and two.

Key facts for tubo
PropertyValue
Headwordtubo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪uβ̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,446
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tubo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tubo is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪uβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,446 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for tubo, with forms such as "tbuo", "ttubo", and "tubbo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tus", "two", "tun", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tubo, spelled T-U-B-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto de forma cilíndrica, hueco por dentro, casi siempre abierto en ambos extremos.
  2. 2
    Es la maniobra en la disciplina de los deportes acuáticos relacionados con la interacción con las olas (surf, bodyboard...) en la que el deportista se introduce en el espacio hueco creado en el momento en el que la ola impacta contra el fondo del rompiente.
  3. 3
    Recipiente pequeño de material flexible, cerrado por un extremo y por el otro con una abertura que se cierra con una tapa de rosca. Se usa para guardar sustancias pastosas y blandas.
  4. 4
    Recipiente pequeño rígido, cerrado por un lado y por el otro con una pequeña tapa a presión o con rosca. Generalmente es de plástico o vidrio y suele estar destinado a guadar medicamentos.
  5. 5
    Vaso estrecho y alargado.
  6. 6
    Pieza cilíndrica de los aparatos de radio y televisión.
  7. 7
    Parte de un órgano hueca y alargada, tanto en animales como en vegetales.
  8. 8
    Recipiente que se usa para contener y dispersar un aerosol.
  9. 9
    Auricular del teléfono, parte del teléfono que se lleva al oído y boca, para escuchar y hablar.
  10. 10
    Ferrocarril subterráneo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: tbuo,ttubo,tubbo,tuob,utbo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tubo

Misspelling Variants of "tubo"

tbuo4ttubo5tubbo5tuob4utbo4
Misspelling Variants of "tubo"

Frequency rank: #5,446 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tubo"?
"tubo" is spelled T-U-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪uβ̞o].
What does "tubo" mean?
As a noun, "tubo" means: Objeto de forma cilíndrica, hueco por dentro, casi siempre abierto en ambos extremos.
What words are commonly confused with "tubo"?
"tubo" is commonly confused with "tus", "two", "tun". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tubo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tubo" is [ˈt̪uβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tubo" come from?
"tubo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.