tarasca
[t̪aˈɾaska]
The verdict
“tarasca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #69,836 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hembra del cerdo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tarasca · tarasca · Spanish
tarasca · rank #69,836 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,836
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tardaban
Nearest frequency peer: tardaban (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “tarasca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- taking
taking
30,169 corpus weight
- taludes
taludes
30,168 corpus weight
- tanteando
tanteando
30,167 corpus weight
- tarasca
tarasca
30,165 corpus weight
- tardaban
tardaban
30,164 corpus weight
- tardaremos
tardaremos
30,163 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “tarasca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tarasca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈɾaska] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tarasca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tarasca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #69,836 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪aˈɾaska]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hembra del cerdo.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tarasca, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is tarasca, spelled T-A-R-A-S-C-A.
Definition
- 1Hembra del cerdo.
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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