Tarraco
[t̪aˈrako]
The verdict
“Tarraco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,768 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,768
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ciudad antigua de España que hoy es Tarragona.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tarraco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [t̪aˈrako] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #95,768 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tarraco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tarraco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,768 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [t̪aˈrako]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad antigua de España que hoy es Tarragona.".
Tarraco has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Tarraco, spelled T-A-R-R-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Ciudad antigua de España que hoy es Tarragona.
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 “Tarraco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-R-R-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪aˈrako] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.