TorávstornanTell them apart

Quick tell: Torá is a name, tornan is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Torá” is a name and “tornan” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,180
“Torá” frequency rank
#40,033
“tornan” frequency rank
82213
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Torá tornan
Definition Los cinco primeros libros de la Biblia: Génesis, Éxodo, Levítico, Números y Deuteronomio, que conforman las escrituras sagradas básicas de la religión judía. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tornar.

Where the eye mixes Torá and tornan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Torá
6 ch
tornan

Look-alike desk: Torá vs tornan

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Torá is [t̪oˈɾa] while tornan is [ˈt̪oɾnãn]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Torá is recorded at frequency rank #42,180, classified as aname, pronounced [t̪oˈɾa]. tornan is at rank #40,033, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈt̪oɾnãn].

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 82213, this pair ranks #9,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Torá vs tornan

Shared letters: ort. Private to "Torá": á. Private to "tornan": an.

"Torá" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tornan" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tornanotrnan · tonran · torann · tornann · tornnan · torrnan · tronan · ttornan

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Torá" and "tornan" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Torá" is a name and "tornan" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Torá" or "tornan" show up more?
"tornan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,033 in our Spanish list, against #42,180 for "Torá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Torá" and "tornan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Torá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tornan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,484 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Torá" and "tornan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Torá vs toys". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #9,484 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