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tallaght

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Detailed reference entry for the English word "tallaght", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "tallaght" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "tallaght" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.

Tallaght is aEnglishname. It means: A town in County Dublin, Ireland. Pronounced /ˈtælə/.

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Key facts for Tallaght
PropertyValue
HeadwordTallaght
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechName
IPA/ˈtælə/
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Tallaght is not present in the top-100,000 ranked English corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

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Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for Tallaght is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtælə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A town in County Dublin, Ireland.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Tallaght in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Irish Tamhlacht, from Old Irish Tamlachtae. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Tallaght, spelled T-A-L-L-A-G-H-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    A town in County Dublin, Ireland.

Etymology

From Irish Tamhlacht, from Old Irish Tamlachtae.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tallaght"?
"Tallaght" is spelled T-A-L-L-A-G-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtælə/.
What does "Tallaght" mean?
As a name, "Tallaght" means: A town in County Dublin, Ireland.
How do you pronounce "Tallaght"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tallaght" is /ˈtælə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Tallaght"?
From Irish Tamhlacht, from Old Irish Tamlachtae. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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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.