tantas

/[ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,561

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tantas is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino plural de tanto. Pronounced [ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as]. It ranks #1,561 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with tata and tanto.

Key facts for tantas
PropertyValue
Headwordtantas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,561
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tantas is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,561 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino plural de tanto.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for tantas, with forms such as "atntas", "tanats", and "tanntas". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tata", "tanto", "tasas", and more, 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 tantas, spelled T-A-N-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de tanto.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atntas,tanats,tanntas,tantass,tantsa,tanttas,tatnas,tnatas,ttantas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tantas

Misspelling Variants of "tantas"

atntas6tanats6tanntas7tantass7tantsa6tanttas7tatnas6tnatas6
Misspelling Variants of "tantas"

Frequency rank: #1,561 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tantas"?
"tantas" is spelled T-A-N-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as].
What does "tantas" mean?
As an adj, "tantas" means: Forma del femenino plural de tanto.
What words are commonly confused with "tantas"?
"tantas" is commonly confused with "tata", "tanto", "tasas". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tantas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tantas" is [ˈt̪ãn̪t̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tantas" come from?
"tantas" 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.