Talavera

noun

"talavera" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Talavera” is uncommon English (frequency #93,215 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,215
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, known for its pottery; in full, Talavera de la Reina.

Corpus desk

Index EN-talavera · Talavera · English

Talavera · rank #93,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,215
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH Taniguchi

Nearest frequency peer: Taniguchi (+1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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Long-tail ranks near “Talavera”

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corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Talavera
PropertyValue
HeadwordTalavera
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#93,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “Talavera” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Talaverafalls in this rarity band:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “Taniguchi” (#93,216), “synonymously” (#93,213), “syncretic” (#93,212). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “Talavera” is #93,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Talavera is uncommon English at frequency #93,215 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Talavera, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is Talavera, spelled T-A-L-A-V-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, known for its pottery; in full, Talavera de la Reina.
  2. 2
    An 1809 battle during the Peninsula War fought outside the city.
  3. 3
    A kind of Spanish and Mexican majolica pottery with a milky-white glaze.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Talavera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. [He] had been a conspicuous figure at Talavera, and had contributed not a little to the peculiar terror with which his regiment of infantry was regarded by the enemy.
  2. Many pieces of stanniferous faience have been found in Mexico which have come to be known as Talavera ware.

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 "Talavera"?
"Talavera" is spelled T-A-L-A-V-E-R-A.
What does "Talavera" mean?
As a noun, "Talavera" means: A city in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, known for its pottery; in full, Talavera de la Reina.
What language does "Talavera" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list