tuc
[ˈt̪uk]
The verdict
“tuc” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,566 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,566
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Representa una transformación abrupta y vertiginosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tuc · tuc · Spanish
tuc · rank #66,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,566
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trotskista
Nearest frequency peer: trotskista (-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 “tuc”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- trigésima
trigésima
33,438 corpus weight
- triumph
triumph
33,437 corpus weight
- trotskista
trotskista
33,436 corpus weight
- tuc
tuc
33,435 corpus weight
- Tweed
Tweed
33,434 corpus weight
- unificados
unificados
33,431 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tuc” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tuc |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪uk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #66,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tuc” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tuc is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,566 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪uk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Representa una transformación abrupta y vertiginosa.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tuc, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tuc, spelled T-U-C.
Definition
- 1Representa una transformación abrupta y vertiginosa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tuc appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¿Puede cambiar este micrófono y convertirse en un pancho? (...) No, hay una ley, hay un orden. Y acá yo digo: ¡qué pena! O ustedes dirán: ¡Qué bueno que hay un orden! Yo qué se. Que pena que, boludo, tuc: un pancho. Tuc: nada, vuelo. Tuc, tuc. Tuc es la libertad, la libertad posta. Tuc, o sea, eso: micrófono, pancho y a la mierda. No, hay una ley. Entonce…
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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