tacón

/[t̪aˈkõn]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,581

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tacón is aSpanishnoun. It means: Pieza fijada a la suela del calzado, debajo del talón del pie, para dar soporte a este Pronounced [t̪aˈkõn]. Often confused with tan and ton.

Key facts for tacón
PropertyValue
Headwordtacón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪aˈkõn]
Letters5
Frequency rank#28,581
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tacón in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tacón is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈkõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,581 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for tacón, with forms such as "atcón", "taccón", and "tacnó". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tan", "ton", "toco", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tacón, spelled T-A-C-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pieza fijada a la suela del calzado, debajo del talón del pie, para dar soporte a este
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia, tipo de calzado cuyo tacón₁ levanta el talón del pie significativamente más arriba que los dedos. De uso netamente femenino.
  3. 3
    Armazón de barras en que se coloca un pliego para meterlo a la prensa
  4. 4
    Topes que fijan un pliego en la posición deseada al meterlo a imprimir
  5. 5
    Corte al bies en el extremo posterior de la quilla de algunos barcos, correspondiente a otro hecho en la parte anterior de la madre del timón

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atcón,taccón,tacnó,tacónn,taócn,tcaón,ttacón

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tacón

Misspelling Variants of "tacón"

atcón5taccón6tacnó5tacónn6taócn5tcaón5ttacón6
Misspelling Variants of "tacón"

Frequency rank: #28,581 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tacón"?
"tacón" is spelled T-A-C-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪aˈkõn].
What does "tacón" mean?
As a noun, "tacón" means: Pieza fijada a la suela del calzado, debajo del talón del pie, para dar soporte a este
What words are commonly confused with "tacón"?
"tacón" is commonly confused with "tan", "ton", "toco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tacón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tacón" is [t̪aˈkõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tacón" come from?
"tacón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.