Which to use
“tachado” is a verb and “tallado” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,317
- “tachado” frequency rank
- #27,794
- “tallado” frequency rank
- 64111
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tachado | tallado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de tachar. | Con los adverbios "bien" o "mal", de buen, o mal, talle. |
Where the eye mixes tachado and tallado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tachado and tallado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tachado vs tallado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tachado is [t̪aˈt͡ʃað̞o] while tallado is [t̪aˈʝað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64111, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tachado is recorded at frequency rank #36,317, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪aˈt͡ʃað̞o]. tallado is at rank #27,794, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪aˈʝað̞o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64111, this pair ranks #46,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tachado vs tallado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "tachado": ch. Private to "tallado": l.
"tachado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tallado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tachado" and "tallado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tachado" vs "tallado" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tachado" and "tallado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tachado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tallado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tachado" and "tallado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tacaño vs tachado". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #46,574 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.