tabú
[t̪aˈβ̞u]
The verdict
“tabú” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #17,828. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,828
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Veda (prohibición) del contacto, trato o mención de una cosa, persona o animal por razones sociales o rituales, especialmente religiosas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tabu · tabú · Spanish
tabú · rank #17,828 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,828
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH sustancialmen…
Nearest frequency peer: sustancialmente (-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 “tabú”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- suavidad
suavidad
82,176 corpus weight
- suburbios
suburbios
82,175 corpus weight
- sustancialm…
sustancialmente
82,174 corpus weight
- tabú
tabú
82,173 corpus weight
- tacones
tacones
82,172 corpus weight
- tae
tae
82,171 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tabú” 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 | tabú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈβ̞u] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #17,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabú” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tabú (IPA [t̪aˈβ̞u]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,828 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 tabú, with forms such as "atbú", "tabbú", and "tavú". 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, "tú", "tan", "Tal", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented 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 tabú, spelled T-A-B-Ú.
Definition
- 1Veda (prohibición) del contacto, trato o mención de una cosa, persona o animal por razones sociales o rituales, especialmente religiosas.
- 2Cosa, animal o persona sujeta a un tabú₁.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atbú
- tabbú
- tavú
- taúb
- tbaú
- ttabú
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tabú - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "tabú", 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).
What to do next
You've looked up "tabú". Here's where to go from here.
- "tabú" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tú". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #17,828 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.