taba
[ˈt̪aβ̞a]
The verdict
“taba” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,568. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,568
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - 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
Corpus desk
Index ES-taba · taba · Spanish
taba · rank #31,568 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,568
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH sínodo
Nearest frequency peer: sínodo (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “taba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suscritos
suscritos
68,436 corpus weight
- susurros
susurros
68,435 corpus weight
- sínodo
sínodo
68,434 corpus weight
- taba
taba
68,433 corpus weight
- talante
talante
68,432 corpus weight
- tangente
tangente
68,431 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “taba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aβ̞a] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #31,568 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taba” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around taba (IPA [ˈt̪aβ̞a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,568 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for taba, with forms such as "atba", "taab", and "tabba". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tan", "Tal", "tía", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is taba, spelled T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera 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
- 2Cualquiera de varios juegos de destreza que se realizan arrojando piezas de este hueso, usualmente de origen bovino u ovino
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atba
- taab
- tabba
- tava
- tbaa
- ttaba
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taba - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taba", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.