tabor

[t̪aˈβ̞oɾ]

/[t̪aˈβ̞oɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“tabor” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,667 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,667
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unidad militar del ejército colonial español del antiguo protectorado de Marruecos, equivalente a un pequeño batallón.

Corpus desk

Index ES-tabor · tabor · Spanish

tabor · rank #70,667 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,667
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tafalla

Nearest frequency peer: Tafalla (+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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tabor”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tabor” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tabor
PropertyValue
Headwordtabor
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪aˈβ̞oɾ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,667
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “tabor” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).taborcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Tafalla” (#70,668), “supina” (#70,663), “sumemos” (#70,662). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “tabor” va en #70,667. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tabor is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,667 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪aˈβ̞oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unidad militar del ejército colonial español del antiguo protectorado de Marruecos, equivalente a un pequeño batallón.".

tabor doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tabor, spelled T-A-B-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unidad militar del ejército colonial español del antiguo protectorado de Marruecos, equivalente a un pequeño batallón.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tabor"?
"tabor" is spelled T-A-B-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪aˈβ̞oɾ].
What does "tabor" mean?
As a noun, "tabor" means: Unidad militar del ejército colonial español del antiguo protectorado de Marruecos, equivalente a un pequeño batallón.
How do you pronounce "tabor"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabor" is [t̪aˈβ̞oɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabor" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tabor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list