tul

[ˈt̪ul]

/[ˈt̪ul]/ noun

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The verdict

“tul” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #47,471) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#47,471
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tejido delgado y transparente que permite pasar la luz.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tul · tul · Spanish

tul · rank #47,471 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,471
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH Troncoso

Nearest frequency peer: Troncoso (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “tul”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “tul” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tul vs TV
0% similar
tul vs ty
33% similar
tul vs tus
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tul
PropertyValue
Headwordtul
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪ul]
Letters3
Frequency rank#47,471
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “tul”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.tulcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “Troncoso” (#47,470), “triplete” (#47,469), “tunecino” (#47,473). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tul” va en #47,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for tul is neighbouring look-alikes ("TV", "ty", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈt̪ul]. Frequency #47,471 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Tejido delgado y transparente que permite pasar la luz.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for tul, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "TV", "ty", "tus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is tul, spelled T-U-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tejido delgado y transparente que permite pasar la luz.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tul appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. el viento se metía por rendijas de las puertas y de las ventanas y revolvía los tules del mosquitero.

This word in other languages

tulle(English)tulle(Français)Tüll(Deutsch)tule(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tul"?
"tul" is spelled T-U-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ul].
What does "tul" mean?
As a noun, "tul" means: Tejido delgado y transparente que permite pasar la luz.
What words are commonly confused with "tul"?
"tul" is commonly confused with "TV", "ty", "tus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tul"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tul" is [ˈt̪ul]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tul" come from?
"tul" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tul", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bop#47,608poh#47,334BSO#47,612coo#47,681

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list