turbante
[t̪uɾˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“turbante” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #40,048. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,048
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prenda para cubrir la cabeza, consistente en una larga cinta de tela que se enrolla alrededor de la misma, sea directamente o empleando una base interna
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | turbante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪uɾˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #40,048 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “turbante” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around turbante (IPA [t̪uɾˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,048 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prenda para cubrir la cabeza, consistente en una larga cinta de tela que se enrolla alrededor de la misma, sea directamente o empleando una base interna".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for turbante, with forms such as "trubante", "tturbante", and "tubrante". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tirante", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is turbante, spelled T-U-R-B-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Prenda para cubrir la cabeza, consistente en una larga cinta de tela que se enrolla alrededor de la misma, sea directamente o empleando una base interna
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- trubante
- tturbante
- tubrante
- turabnte
- turbanet
- turbannte
- turbantte
- turbatne
- turbbante
- turbnate
- turrbante
- turvante
- utrbante
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of turbante - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “turbante”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-U-R-B-A-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪uɾˈβ̞ãn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tirante” - see the side-by-side comparison. turbante vs tirante
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.