tuerto

/[ˈt̪weɾt̪o]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,261

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

tuerto is anSpanishadj. It means: Que tiene los ojos mirando en direcciones diferentes, sea convergentes o divergentes. Pronounced [ˈt̪weɾt̪o]. Often confused with turno and turco.

Key facts for tuerto
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Headwordtuerto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt̪weɾt̪o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#23,261
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tuerto is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪weɾt̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,261 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for tuerto, with forms such as "teurto", "ttuerto", and "tuerot". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "turno", "turco", "turbo", 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 tuerto, spelled T-U-E-R-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene los ojos mirando en direcciones diferentes, sea convergentes o divergentes.
  2. 2
    Que tiene uso de un solo ojo, sea por carecer del otro o por tenerlo cegado.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: teurto,ttuerto,tuerot,tuerrto,tuertto,tuetro,tureto,uterto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tuerto

Misspelling Variants of "tuerto"

teurto6ttuerto7tuerot6tuerrto7tuertto7tuetro6tureto6uterto6
Misspelling Variants of "tuerto"

Frequency rank: #23,261 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tuerto"?
"tuerto" is spelled T-U-E-R-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪weɾt̪o].
What does "tuerto" mean?
As an adj, "tuerto" means: Que tiene los ojos mirando en direcciones diferentes, sea convergentes o divergentes.
What words are commonly confused with "tuerto"?
"tuerto" is commonly confused with "turno", "turco", "turbo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tuerto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tuerto" is [ˈt̪weɾt̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tuerto" come from?
"tuerto" 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.