talismán

/[t̪alisˈmãn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,014

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

talismán is aSpanishnoun. It means: Objeto portátil al que se atribuyen virtudes mágicas. Pronounced [t̪alisˈmãn]. Often confused with talibán.

Key facts for talismán
PropertyValue
Headwordtalismán
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪alisˈmãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#40,014
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for talismán is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪alisˈmãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,014 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Objeto portátil al que se atribuyen virtudes mágicas.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for talismán, with forms such as "atlismán", "tailsmán", and "talimsán". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "talibán", 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 talismán, spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-Á-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objeto portátil al que se atribuyen virtudes mágicas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atlismán,tailsmán,talimsán,talismmán,talismná,talismánn,talissmán,talisámn,tallismán,talsimán,tlaismán,ttalismán

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for talismán

Misspelling Variants of "talismán"

atlismán8tailsmán8talimsán8talismmán9talismná8talismánn9talissmán9talisámn8
Misspelling Variants of "talismán"

Frequency rank: #40,014 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talismán"?
"talismán" is spelled T-A-L-I-S-M-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪alisˈmãn].
What does "talismán" mean?
As a noun, "talismán" means: Objeto portátil al que se atribuyen virtudes mágicas.
What words are commonly confused with "talismán"?
"talismán" is commonly confused with "talibán". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talismán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talismán" is [t̪alisˈmãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talismán" come from?
"talismán" 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.