tala

noun

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"tala" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tala” is uncommon English (frequency #60,507 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,507
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tala · tala · English

tala · rank #60,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,507
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH syne

Nearest frequency peer: syne (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Long-tail ranks near “tala”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “tala” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tala
PropertyValue
Headwordtala
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,507
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “tala” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).talafalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “syne” (#60,506), “Teddington” (#60,510), “swiftness” (#60,503). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “tala” is #60,507. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tala is uncommon English at frequency #60,507 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tala, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar. The correct English form is tala, spelled T-A-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.

Etymology

Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tala"?
"tala" is spelled T-A-L-A.
What does "tala" mean?
As a noun, "tala" means: The currency of Samoa, divided into 100 sene.
What is the origin of the word "tala"?
Borrowed from Samoan tālā, in turn from English dollar. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tala", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

syne#60,506stam#60,484warr#60,559Sava#60,444

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list