Tabasco
[t̪aˈβ̞asko]
The verdict
“Tabasco” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #9,903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,903
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno de los 32 estados de México localizado en el sureste de México. Comparte frontera con la República de Guatemala y tambien con los siguientes estados del país: Campeche, Chiapas y Veracruz. Su c...
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Index ES-tabasco · Tabasco · Spanish
Tabasco · rank #9,903 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #9,903
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH surgieron
Nearest frequency peer: surgieron (-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 “Tabasco”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- superioridad
superioridad
90,101 corpus weight
- surgieron
surgieron
90,099 corpus weight
- Tabasco
Tabasco
90,098 corpus weight
- Ted
Ted
90,097 corpus weight
- tierno
tierno
90,096 corpus weight
- tomes
tomes
90,095 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Tabasco” 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 | Tabasco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈβ̞asko] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #9,903 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tabasco” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Tabasco (IPA [t̪aˈβ̞asko]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,903 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Uno de los 32 estados de México localizado en el sureste de México. Comparte frontera con la República de Guatemala y tambien con los siguientes estados del país: Campeche, Chiapas y Veracruz. Su c...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tabasco, with forms such as "atbasco", "taabsco", and "tabacso". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tabaco", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Tabasco, spelled T-A-B-A-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Uno de los 32 estados de México localizado en el sureste de México. Comparte frontera con la República de Guatemala y tambien con los siguientes estados del país: Campeche, Chiapas y Veracruz. Su capital es la ciudad de Villahermosa. Su gentilicio es tabasqueño.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atbasco
- taabsco
- tabacso
- tabascco
- tabasoc
- tabassco
- tabbasco
- tabsaco
- tavasco
- tbaasco
- ttabasco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tabasco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 3, 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 "Tabasco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "tabaco". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,903 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.