tabaco

/[t̪aˈβ̞ako]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,015

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

tabaco is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hoja de la planta homónima, secada y preparada de diversas formas para ser fumada o masticada. Pronounced [t̪aˈβ̞ako]. It ranks #6,015 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with taco and talco.

Key facts for tabaco
PropertyValue
Headwordtabaco
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪aˈβ̞ako]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,015
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tabaco is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈβ̞ako]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,015 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for tabaco, with forms such as "atbaco", "taabco", and "tabacco". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "taco", "talco", "tamaño", 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 tabaco, spelled T-A-B-A-C-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hoja de la planta homónima, secada y preparada de diversas formas para ser fumada o masticada.
  2. 2
    Producto fabricado con estas hojas picadas o molidas.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atbaco,taabco,tabacco,tabaoc,tabbaco,tabcao,tavaco,tbaaco,ttabaco

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tabaco

Misspelling Variants of "tabaco"

atbaco6taabco6tabacco7tabaoc6tabbaco7tabcao6tavaco6tbaaco6
Misspelling Variants of "tabaco"

Frequency rank: #6,015 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tabaco"?
"tabaco" is spelled T-A-B-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪aˈβ̞ako].
What does "tabaco" mean?
As a noun, "tabaco" means: Hoja de la planta homónima, secada y preparada de diversas formas para ser fumada o masticada.
What words are commonly confused with "tabaco"?
"tabaco" is commonly confused with "taco", "talco", "tamaño". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tabaco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabaco" is [t̪aˈβ̞ako]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabaco" come from?
"tabaco" 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.