tali
/ˈteɪ.laɪ/
"tali" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tali” is uncommon English (frequency #50,265 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,265
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of talus
Corpus desk
Index EN-tali · tali · English
tali · rank #50,265 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,265
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Talladega
Nearest frequency peer: Talladega (+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 “tali”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Swinburne
Swinburne
49,740 corpus weight
- taiji
taiji
49,738 corpus weight
- tali
tali
49,736 corpus weight
- Talladega
Talladega
49,735 corpus weight
- tedium
tedium
49,733 corpus weight
- Theodora
Theodora
49,732 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tali” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tali |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈteɪ.laɪ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,265 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tali” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tali is uncommon English at frequency #50,265 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈteɪ.laɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of talus".
tali has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is tali, spelled T-A-L-I.
Definition
- 1plural of talus
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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