tálamo
[ˈt̪alamo]
The verdict
“tálamo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,375 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,375
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lugar preeminente donde los novios contraen una boda, y donde reciben las felicitaciones.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tálamo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪alamo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #72,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tálamo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tálamo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,375 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪alamo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tálamo in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tálamo, spelled T-Á-L-A-M-O.
Definition
- 1Lugar preeminente donde los novios contraen una boda, y donde reciben las felicitaciones.
- 2Lecho de una pareja recién casada.
- 3Base engrosada del pedúnculo floral.
- 4Estructura ubicada entre el mesencéfalo y el córtex del cerebro de los vertebrados, que regula la atención, la conciencia y el sueño.
This word in other languages
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 “tálamo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-Á-L-A-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪alamo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.