tarea
[t̪aˈɾea]
The verdict
“tarea” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,620
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción o efecto de trabajar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-tarea · tarea · Spanish
tarea · rank #1,620 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,620
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH pudiera
Nearest frequency peer: pudiera (-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 “tarea”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- perfil
perfil
98,385 corpus weight
- próxima
próxima
98,383 corpus weight
- pudiera
pudiera
98,382 corpus weight
- tarea
tarea
98,381 corpus weight
- tendría
tendría
98,380 corpus weight
- tratado
tratado
98,378 corpus weight
What this shows “tarea” 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 | tarea |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈɾea] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “tarea”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tarea (IPA [t̪aˈɾea]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,620 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tarea, with forms such as "atrea", "taera", and "tarae". 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, "tea", "tra", "tre", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 tarea, spelled T-A-R-E-A.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de trabajar.
- 2En particular, tarea₁ que debe cumplirse dentro de un plazo.
- 3En particular, tarea₁ que el docente asigna a sus alumnos para realizar independientemente, como complemento de la clase.
- 4Esfuerzo o dedicación requeridos por una tarea₁.
- 5En particular, conjunto de 15 fanegas de aceitunas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tarea appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Porque el que no ha de ser letrado, con saber un poco de latín acaba su tarea y pasa su carrera y, tras esto, se ocupa en veinte ejercicios de pasatiempo y recreación.
y ver qué tenéis y qué devéis, y después ver qué ha obrado cada doncella é si cumplió su tarea, andando un poco por casa, porque aprovecha mucho para la salud corporal.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atrea
- taera
- tarae
- tarrea
- traea
- ttarea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tarea - 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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tarea", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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 (6 here; floor ≥5).