taca
[ˈt̪aka]
The verdict
“taca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,957 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,957
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tacar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-taca · taca · Spanish
taca · rank #51,957 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,957
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH sísmicos
Nearest frequency peer: sísmicos (-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 “taca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- surte
surte
48,048 corpus weight
- suscitaron
suscitaron
48,047 corpus weight
- sísmicos
sísmicos
48,045 corpus weight
- taca
taca
48,044 corpus weight
- tapadas
tapadas
48,043 corpus weight
- tardaste
tardaste
48,042 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “taca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “taca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
taca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,957 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪aka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for taca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is taca, spelled T-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de tacar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de tacar.
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.
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