tagua
[ˈt̪aɣ̞wa]
The verdict
“tagua” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,499 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,499
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Fulica) Cualquiera de las especies de este género de aves gruiformes nadadoras que habitan en Sudamérica, de treinta centímetros de largo; plumaje negro con reflejos grises; pico grueso, abultado ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-tagua · tagua · Spanish
tagua · rank #92,499 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,499
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH taifa
Nearest frequency peer: taifa (+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 “tagua”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- surcoreanas
surcoreanas
7,507 corpus weight
- surtida
surtida
7,506 corpus weight
- sátiros
sátiros
7,504 corpus weight
- tagua
tagua
7,502 corpus weight
- taifa
taifa
7,501 corpus weight
- tartamudeo
tartamudeo
7,497 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tagua” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tagua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aɣ̞wa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #92,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tagua” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tagua is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,499 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪aɣ̞wa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tagua in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tagua, spelled T-A-G-U-A.
Definition
- 1(Fulica) Cualquiera de las especies de este género de aves gruiformes nadadoras que habitan en Sudamérica, de treinta centímetros de largo; plumaje negro con reflejos grises; pico grueso, abultado y extendido por la frente formando una mancha generalmente blanca; alas anchas, cola corta y redondeada, y pies de color verdoso amarillento con dedos largos y palmeados en la base.
- 2(Fulica armillata) En particular, esta especie. De aproximadamente 55 cm. de largo, cabeza y cuerpo negros, con su escudo y pico amarillos, a excepción de una mancha roja en la unión de estos.
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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