tufillo
[t̪uˈfiʝo]
The verdict
“tufillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,552 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,552
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de tufo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tufillo · tufillo · Spanish
tufillo · rank #81,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,552
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tugurios
Nearest frequency peer: tugurios (+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 “tufillo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- triciclos
triciclos
18,456 corpus weight
- tronador
tronador
18,454 corpus weight
- trípodes
trípodes
18,451 corpus weight
- tufillo
tufillo
18,449 corpus weight
- tugurios
tugurios
18,448 corpus weight
- ubre
ubre
18,445 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tufillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tufillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪uˈfiʝo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tufillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tufillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,552 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪uˈfiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Diminutivo de tufo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tufillo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tufillo, spelled T-U-F-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de tufo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tufillo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En el aire flotaba el tufillo de las tostadas y también de las manzanas asadas.
This word in other languages
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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