Talladega
/ˌtæləˈdɪɡə/
"talladega" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Talladega” is uncommon English (frequency #50,266 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,266
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A city, the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-talladega · Talladega · English
Talladega · rank #50,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,266
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tali
Nearest frequency peer: tali (-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 “Talladega”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- 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
- thoughtfuln…
thoughtfulness
49,731 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Talladega” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Talladega |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌtæləˈdɪɡə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,266 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Talladega” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Talladega is uncommon English at frequency #50,266 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌtæləˈdɪɡə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A city, the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Talladega in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Creek language Tvlvteke, meaning "town on the border" (of tribal territories). The correct English form is Talladega, spelled T-A-L-L-A-D-E-G-A.
Definition
- 1A city, the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
Etymology
From the Creek language Tvlvteke, meaning "town on the border" (of tribal territories).
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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