títulovstúmuloTell them apart

Which to use

“título” and “túmulo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#860
“título” frequency rank
#46,861
“túmulo” frequency rank
47721
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature título túmulo
Definition Frase o palabra con que se enuncia el asunto o nombre de una obra, o alguna de sus partes o capítulos. Montículo artificial erigido por el hombre con el que se cubría una tumba en ciertas culturas antiguas.

Where the eye mixes título and túmulo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
título
6 ch
túmulo

Visual trap between título and túmulo

A purely visual mix-up. título ([ˈt̪it̪ulo]) and túmulo ([ˈt̪umulo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

título is recorded at frequency rank #860, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪it̪ulo]. túmulo is at rank #46,861, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪umulo].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47721, this pair ranks #118,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of título vs túmulo

Shared letters: lotu. Private to "título": í. Private to "túmulo": .

"título" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "túmulo" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "título" and "túmulo" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪it̪ulo] versus [ˈt̪umulo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "título" vs "túmulo" - which ranks higher?
"título" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #860 in our Spanish list, against #46,861 for "túmulo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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  • Full dictionary entry for "título" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "túmulo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "título" and "túmulo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tembló vs túmulo". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #118,497 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list