tardar
[t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“tardar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,080. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #10,080
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ocupar más tiempo del acostumbrado en algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tardar · tardar · Spanish
tardar · rank #10,080 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #10,080
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH sustento
Nearest frequency peer: sustento (-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 “tardar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- sujeta
sujeta
89,924 corpus weight
- supresión
supresión
89,923 corpus weight
- sustento
sustento
89,922 corpus weight
- tardar
tardar
89,921 corpus weight
- tentación
tentación
89,920 corpus weight
- tirada
tirada
89,919 corpus weight
What this shows “tardar” 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 | tardar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #10,080 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tardar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tardar (IPA [t̪aɾˈð̞aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,080 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Ocupar más tiempo del acostumbrado en algo.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tardar, with forms such as "atrdar", "tadrar", and "taradr". 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, "tarde", "tarea", "tirar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 tardar, spelled T-A-R-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ocupar más tiempo del acostumbrado en algo.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atrdar
- tadrar
- taradr
- tardarr
- tarddar
- tardra
- tarrdar
- tradar
- ttardar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tardar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "tardar", 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 (9 here; floor ≥5).