túnel
The verdict
“túnel” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #7,240 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,240
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 17
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Galería subterránea artificial a través de un monte u obstáculo físico, por debajo de un río, lago o mar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | túnel |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪unel] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 17 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “túnel” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for túnel is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪unel]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,240 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for túnel, with forms such as "tnúel", "ttúnel", and "túenl". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "tuve", "tung", "Túnez", 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 túnel, spelled T-Ú-N-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Galería subterránea artificial a través de un monte u obstáculo físico, por debajo de un río, lago o mar.
- 2Por extensión, diversas galerías o construcciones con forma de tubo.
- 3Jugada de fútbol que consiste en pasar la pelota entre las piernas del jugador rival.
- 4Interfaz para poder transmitir datos a través de internet con un protocolo que no está soportado o que fue bloqueado.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: tnúel,ttúnel,túenl,túnell,túnle,túnnel,útnel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of túnel — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "túnel"
Frequency rank: #7,240 in Spanish
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Using “túnel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-Ú-N-E-L — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪unel] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tuve” — see the side-by-side comparison. túnel vs tuve
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Nearby Spanish words
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