talio
[ˈt̪aljo]
The verdict
“talio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,912 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,912
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Tl y su número atómico es 81, un metal extremadamente blando y muy tóxico.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | talio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aljo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,912 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “talio” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
talio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,912 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪aljo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Tl y su número atómico es 81, un metal extremadamente blando y muy tóxico.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for talio, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is talio, spelled T-A-L-I-O.
Definition
- 1Elemento químico de la tabla periódica de los elementos cuyo símbolo es Tl y su número atómico es 81, un metal extremadamente blando y muy tóxico.
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 “talio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-L-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪aljo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.