Toscana
/toʃˈkɐ̃.nɐ/
The verdict
“Toscana” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,847 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,847
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - região da Itália central, cuja capital é Florença
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Toscana |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /toʃˈkɐ̃.nɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #25,847 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Toscana” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Toscana is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /toʃˈkɐ̃.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,847 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "região da Itália central, cuja capital é Florença".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Toscana, with forms such as "otscana", "tocsana", and "tosacna". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Toscana, spelled T-O-S-C-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1região da Itália central, cuja capital é Florença
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: otscana,tocsana,tosacna,toscaan,toscanna,tosccana,toscnaa,tosscana,tsocana,ttoscana
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Toscana - 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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Toscana”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-O-S-C-A-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /toʃˈkɐ̃.nɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.