tarado
[t̪aˈɾað̞o]
The verdict
“tarado” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,715
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene taras o deficiencias.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tarado · tarado · Spanish
tarado · rank #16,715 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,715
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH talk
Nearest frequency peer: talk (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “tarado”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sultán
sultán
83,289 corpus weight
- superintend…
superintendencia
83,288 corpus weight
- talk
talk
83,287 corpus weight
- tarado
tarado
83,286 corpus weight
- Teodoro
Teodoro
83,285 corpus weight
- theory
theory
83,284 corpus weight
What this shows “tarado” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪aˈɾað̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #16,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tarado”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tarado (IPA [t̪aˈɾað̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,715 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tarado, with forms such as "atrado", "taardo", and "taraod". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "taro", "tarde", "trato", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is tarado, spelled T-A-R-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene taras o deficiencias.
- 2Falto de inteligencia o entendimiento.
- 3Referido a alguien: Que habla o actúa de manera torpe (desacertada).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El resultado, sin embargo, no pudo ser más desolador: encontramos entonces una literatura ácida, seca como el esparto; una limitación intelectual absoluta; un alma tarada por la ambición y la intransigencia; una increíble soberbia de casta, rota a veces por coletazos de insolidaridad, como en aquel verso en que nos dice haber visto que el lobo es menos de…
La fotonovela aparece tarada por una desangelada hibridez.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atrado
- taardo
- taraod
- tardao
- tarrado
- traado
- ttarado
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tarado - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tarado", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).