tarso

/[ˈt̪aɾso]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#47,441

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

tarso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquiera de los huesos pequeños y muy articulados que forman la estructura ósea del pie de los tetrápodos, desde la articulación del tobillo hasta el comienzo de los dedos Pronounced [ˈt̪aɾso]. Often confused with tas and tro.

Key facts for tarso
PropertyValue
Headwordtarso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈt̪aɾso]
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,441
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tarso in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for tarso is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪aɾso]. Corpus data places it at rank #47,441 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for tarso, with forms such as "atrso", "tarsso", and "tasro". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tas", "tro", "Tiro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is tarso, spelled T-A-R-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de los huesos pequeños y muy articulados que forman la estructura ósea del pie de los tetrápodos, desde la articulación del tobillo hasta el comienzo de los dedos
  2. 2
    Zona basal de la pata de los invertebrados

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atrso,tarsso,tasro,traso,ttarso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tarso

Misspelling Variants of "tarso"

atrso5tarsso6tasro5traso5ttarso6
Misspelling Variants of "tarso"

Frequency rank: #47,441 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tarso"?
"tarso" is spelled T-A-R-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈt̪aɾso].
What does "tarso" mean?
As a noun, "tarso" means: Cualquiera de los huesos pequeños y muy articulados que forman la estructura ósea del pie de los tetrápodos, desde la articulación del tobillo hasta el comienzo de los dedos
What words are commonly confused with "tarso"?
"tarso" is commonly confused with "tas", "tro", "Tiro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tarso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tarso" is [ˈt̪aɾso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tarso" come from?
"tarso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.