# Toca vs tocaba

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Toca
*name · IPA [ˈt̪oka] · frequency rank #1,796*
Apellido.

### tocaba
*verb · IPA [t̪oˈkaβ̞a] · frequency rank #8,063*
Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de tocar.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/toca-vs-tocaba