Talbot
/ˈtɔːlbət/
"talbot" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Talbot” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #16,804 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #16,804
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Talbot |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɔːlbət/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,804 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Talbot” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Talbot is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtɔːlbət/. Corpus data places it at rank #16,804 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Talbot, with forms such as "atlbot", "tablot", and "talbbot". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "tarot", "talon", "talent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, cour… The correct English form is Talbot, spelled T-A-L-B-O-T.
Definition
- 1An English surname thought to be of Norman (Germanic) origin.
- 2A male given name.
- 3An earldom in the British peerage
- 4A former brand of English motor car.
- 5An unincorporated community in Benton County, Indiana, United States.
- 6An unincorporated community in Menominee County, Michigan, United States.
- 7A town in the Shire of Central Goldfields, central Victoria, Australia.
Etymology
From Middle English talbot, from Old French talebot (“bandit”); a Norman nickname applied to robbers who blackened their faces to avoid recognition, from Old High German *Talbald (personal name), from Old High German tal (“valley, dale”) + bald (“bold, courageous”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atlbot,tablot,talbbot,talbott,talbto,tallbot,talobt,tlabot,ttalbot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Talbot - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “Talbot”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-L-B-O-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈtɔːlbət/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tarot” - see the side-by-side comparison. Talbot vs tarot
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English 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.