tufo
[ˈt̪ufo]
The verdict
“tufo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,287 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,287
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Efluvio volátil que se desprende de las combustiones incorrectas. Puede producir intoxicación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tufo · tufo · Spanish
tufo · rank #55,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,287
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tuba
Nearest frequency peer: tuba (-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 “tufo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- 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
- tuta
tuta
44,710 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tufo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tufo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ufo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #55,287 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tufo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tufo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,287 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪ufo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tufo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tufo, spelled T-U-F-O.
Definition
- 1Efluvio volátil que se desprende de las combustiones incorrectas. Puede producir intoxicación.
- 2Mal olor.
- 3Sospecha, presentimiento.
- 4Soberbia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tufo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un tufo perceptible comenzaba a emanar del brasero mal encendido.
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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