tumban

[ˈt̪ũmbãn]

/[ˈt̪ũmbãn]/ verb

The verdict

“tumban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,352 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,352
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tumbar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tumban · tumban · Spanish

tumban · rank #67,352 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,352
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH trasbordo

Nearest frequency peer: trasbordo (-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 “tumban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tumban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tumban
PropertyValue
Headwordtumban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈt̪ũmbãn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,352
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “tumban” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).tumbancae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “trasbordo” (#67,351), “tranza” (#67,350), “ugly” (#67,354). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tumban” va en #67,352. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tumban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,352 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪ũmbãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tumbar.".

tumban doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tumban, spelled T-U-M-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tumbar.

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 "tumban"?
"tumban" is spelled T-U-M-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ũmbãn].
What does "tumban" mean?
As a verb, "tumban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tumbar.
How do you pronounce "tumban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tumban" is [ˈt̪ũmbãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tumban" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list