Which to use
“tachado” and “tardado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,317
- “tachado” frequency rank
- #16,464
- “tardado” frequency rank
- 52781
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tachado | tardado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de tachar. | Participio de tardar. |
Where the eye mixes tachado and tardado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tachado and tardado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tachado and tardado
A purely visual mix-up. tachado ([t̪aˈt͡ʃað̞o]) and tardado ([t̪aɾˈð̞að̞o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52781, 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]. tardado is at rank #16,464, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪aɾˈð̞að̞o].
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 52781, this pair ranks #91,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tachado vs tardado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "tachado": ch. Private to "tardado": r.
"tachado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tardado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tachado" and "tardado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tachado" or "tardado"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tachado" and "tardado" 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 "tardado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tachado" and "tardado" 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 #91,038 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.