tardo
[ˈt̪aɾð̞o]
The verdict
“tardo” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #19,267. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,267
- 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 obra de modo lento o con pereza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tardo · tardo · Spanish
tardo · rank #19,267 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,267
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tanda
Nearest frequency peer: tanda (-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 “tardo”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- talones
talones
80,737 corpus weight
- Tampico
Tampico
80,736 corpus weight
- tanda
tanda
80,735 corpus weight
- tardo
tardo
80,734 corpus weight
- their
their
80,732 corpus weight
- tijeras
tijeras
80,731 corpus weight
What this shows “tardo” 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 | tardo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aɾð̞o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #19,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tardo”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around tardo (IPA [ˈt̪aɾð̞o]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #19,267 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 tardo, with forms such as "atrdo", "tadro", and "tarddo". 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, "tro", "todo", "Tiro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is tardo, spelled T-A-R-D-O.
Definition
- 1Que obra de modo lento o con pereza.
- 2Que se lleva a cabo u ocurre después de lo esperado o deseado.
- 3Que no comprende o capta de modo fácil ni rápido.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atrdo
- tadro
- tarddo
- tarod
- tarrdo
- trado
- ttardo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tardo - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).