taba

/[ˈt̪aβ̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,568

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

taba is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquiera de los varios huesos que en los tetrápodos se ubican entre la tibia y el metatarso, formando la parte más próxima a la distal en las extremidades posteriores Pronounced [ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Often confused with tan and Tal.

Key facts for taba
PropertyValue
Headwordtaba
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪aβ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#31,568
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of taba in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for taba is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,568 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for taba, with forms such as "atba", "taab", and "tabba". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tan", "Tal", "tía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is taba, spelled T-A-B-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de los varios huesos que en los tetrápodos se ubican entre la tibia y el metatarso, formando la parte más próxima a la distal en las extremidades posteriores
  2. 2
    Cualquiera de varios juegos de destreza que se realizan arrojando piezas de este hueso, usualmente de origen bovino u ovino

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atba,taab,tabba,tava,tbaa,ttaba

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for taba

Misspelling Variants of "taba"

atba4taab4tabba5tava4tbaa4ttaba5
Misspelling Variants of "taba"

Frequency rank: #31,568 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taba"?
"taba" is spelled T-A-B-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪aβ̞a].
What does "taba" mean?
As a noun, "taba" means: Cualquiera de los varios huesos que en los tetrápodos se ubican entre la tibia y el metatarso, formando la parte más próxima a la distal en las extremidades posteriores
What words are commonly confused with "taba"?
"taba" is commonly confused with "tan", "Tal", "tía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taba"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taba" is [ˈt̪aβ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taba" come from?
"taba" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.