talla

[ˈt̪aʝa]

/[ˈt̪aʝa]/ noun

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The verdict

“talla” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #5,896) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#5,896
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de tallar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-talla · talla · Spanish

talla · rank #5,896 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,896
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH supervivencia

Nearest frequency peer: supervivencia (-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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “talla”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “talla” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

talla vs tasa
60% similar
talla vs tela
60% similar
talla vs tapa
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for talla
PropertyValue
Headwordtalla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪aʝa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,896
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “talla”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.tallacae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “supervivencia” (#5,895), “teclado” (#5,897), “supera” (#5,894). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “talla” va en #5,896. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for talla is neighbouring look-alikes ("tasa", "tela", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈt̪aʝa]. Frequency #5,896 among 3,005 “T” headwords. 14 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for talla, with forms such as "atlla", "talal", and "tlala". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tasa", "tela", "tapa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 talla, spelled T-A-L-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de tallar.
  2. 2
    Estatura de una persona.
  3. 3
    Altura figurada (por su calidad) que alcanza una persona o cosa.
  4. 4
    Dimensión o tamaño de una prenda de vestir.
  5. 5
    Instrumento usado para medir la estatura de una persona.
  6. 6
    Suma de dinero que se ofrece por encontrar el paradero de una persona.
  7. 7
    Cantidad de monedas que se produce por unidad de peso del metal acuñado.
  8. 8
    En algunos juegos de naipes, cada una de las rondas que se juegan.
  9. 9
    Antiguo tributo que se cobraba en Aragón.
  10. 10
    Procedimiento quirúrgico específicamente con el fin de extraer los cálculos de la vejiga.
  11. 11
    Palo de madera en el que se van haciendo muescas con el fin de ir registrando las deudas saldadas.
  12. 12
    Elemento transversal a las vías del tren que las mantienen unidas.
  13. 13
    Parte del henequén de la que se extrae fibra.
  14. 14
    Helado que viene con el palito de madera.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how talla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La talla de la roca volcánica en la Isla de Pascua, produjo esos monumentos que miran hacia el mar: los moáis.
  2. Nadie comprende que un escritor de la talla de Borges, no haya recibido el Premio Nobel de Literatura.

Synonyms

esculturaobraestaturatamañotallónpagorescatetiradarondapartidamanodurmientetraviesa

This word in other languages

height(English)Größe(Deutsch)tamanho(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atlla
  • talal
  • tlala
  • ttalla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of talla - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

atlla2talal2tlala2ttalla1
Edit distance from "talla"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "talla"?
"talla" is spelled T-A-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪aʝa].
What does "talla" mean?
As a noun, "talla" means: Acción o efecto de tallar.
What words are commonly confused with "talla"?
"talla" is commonly confused with "tasa", "tela", "tapa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "talla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "talla" is [ˈt̪aʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "talla" come from?
"talla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "talla", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Simon#5,891tonta#5,901tribu#5,903reúne#5,886

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list