tarde
[ˈt̪aɾð̞e]
The verdict
“tarde” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #307 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #307
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A última hora, cuando el tiempo propicio ya ha pasado o cuando ya se cumplió un plazo acordado.
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 | tarde |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aɾð̞e] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #307 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tarde” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tarde is 5 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪aɾð̞e]. Corpus data places it at rank #307 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A última hora, cuando el tiempo propicio ya ha pasado o cuando ya se cumplió un plazo acordado.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tarde, with forms such as "atrde", "tadre", and "tardde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tre", "trae", "true", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tarde, spelled T-A-R-D-E.
Definition
- 1A última hora, cuando el tiempo propicio ya ha pasado o cuando ya se cumplió un plazo acordado.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atrde,tadre,tardde,tared,tarrde,ttarde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tarde - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Using “tarde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-R-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪aɾð̞e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tre” - see the side-by-side comparison. tarde vs tre
- 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.