tusk
/tʌsk/
The verdict
“tusk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,449 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,449
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Colmillo.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tusk |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tʌsk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,449 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tusk” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tusk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,449 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tʌsk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Colmillo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tusk in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 tusk, spelled T-U-S-K.
Definition
- 1Colmillo.
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 “tusk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-U-S-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tʌsk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.