tae
[t̪ˠeː]
The verdict
“tae” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #17,830) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #17,830
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Té.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tae · tae · Spanish
tae · rank #17,830 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,830
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tacones
Nearest frequency peer: tacones (-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 “tae”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sustancialm…
sustancialmente
82,174 corpus weight
- tabú
tabú
82,173 corpus weight
- tacones
tacones
82,172 corpus weight
- tae
tae
82,171 corpus weight
- tallo
tallo
82,170 corpus weight
- templado
templado
82,169 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tae” 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 | tae |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ˠeː] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #17,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tae” sits in Spanish frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for tae is neighbouring look-alikes ("tú", "to", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [t̪ˠeː]. Frequency #17,830 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Gloss: "Té.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for tae in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tú", "to", "TV", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 tae, spelled T-A-E.
Definition
- 1Té.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tae appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
LESLIE: Bhuel, fáilte romhat féin agus roimh an gcupán tae. (Tógann sé an tae uaithi agus suíonn sé ar an leaba, an tae ina lámh aige.) Siúcra?
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
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- "tae" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tú". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #17,830 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
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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.