-ta

/tɑ(ʔ)/

//tɑ(ʔ)// suffix

The verdict

“-ta” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sufijo para construir verbos de sustantivos, juntado a la raíz genitiva singular.

Corpus desk

Index ES-ta · -ta · Spanish

-ta · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -ta
PropertyValue
Headword-ta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechSuffix
IPA/tɑ(ʔ)/
Letters3
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “-ta” en español

-taqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-ta is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed /tɑ(ʔ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sufijo para construir verbos de sustantivos, juntado a la raíz genitiva singular.".

-ta doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is -ta, spelled --T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sufijo para construir verbos de sustantivos, juntado a la raíz genitiva singular.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-ta"?
"-ta" is spelled --T-A. The IPA pronunciation is /tɑ(ʔ)/.
What does "-ta" mean?
As a suffix, "-ta" means: Sufijo para construir verbos de sustantivos, juntado a la raíz genitiva singular.
How do you pronounce "-ta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "-ta" is /tɑ(ʔ)/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "-ta" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list