-ta
/tɑ(ʔ)/
The verdict
“-ta” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a suffix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sufijo para construir verbos de sustantivos, juntado a la raíz genitiva singular.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | /tɑ(ʔ)/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-ta” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for -ta is 3 letters long, classified as a suffix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɑ(ʔ)/. 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: "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
- 1Sufijo 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.
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Using “-ta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is --T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɑ(ʔ)/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.