tacaño
[t̪aˈkaɲo]
The verdict
“tacaño” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #49,303 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #49,303
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice de la persona poco dadivosa, que valora en exceso el dinero, o que es sumamente apegada al mismo, y tiene un interés en gastar lo menos posible.
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 | tacaño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪aˈkaɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,303 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tacaño” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tacaño is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈkaɲo]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,303 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Se dice de la persona poco dadivosa, que valora en exceso el dinero, o que es sumamente apegada al mismo, y tiene un interés en gastar lo menos posible.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tacaño, with forms such as "atcaño", "taacño", and "tacaoñ". 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, "taco", "tano", "tocan", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is tacaño, spelled T-A-C-A-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de la persona poco dadivosa, que valora en exceso el dinero, o que es sumamente apegada al mismo, y tiene un interés en gastar lo menos posible.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atcaño,taacño,tacaoñ,taccaño,tacñao,tcaaño,ttacaño
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tacaño - 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.
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Using “tacaño”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-C-A-Ñ-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪aˈkaɲo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “taco” - see the side-by-side comparison. tacaño vs taco
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.