tareas
[t̪aˈɾeas]
The verdict
“tareas” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #2,688 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,688
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de tarea.
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 | tareas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈɾeas] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #2,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tareas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tareas is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪aˈɾeas]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,688 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de tarea.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tareas, with forms such as "atreas", "taeras", and "taraes". 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, "tres", "tras", "tasas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is tareas, spelled T-A-R-E-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de tarea.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atreas,taeras,taraes,tareass,taresa,tarreas,traeas,ttareas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tareas - 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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Using “tareas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-R-E-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪aˈɾeas] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tres” - see the side-by-side comparison. tareas vs tres
- 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.