tão
The verdict
“tão” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tan.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tão |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tão” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tão is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tan.".
tão doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tão, spelled T-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1Tan.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.