Which to use
“tacón” and “talón” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,581
- “tacón” frequency rank
- #21,174
- “talón” frequency rank
- 49755
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tacón | talón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pieza fijada a la suela del calzado, debajo del talón del pie, para dar soporte a este | Parte posterior del pie con la que se pisa. |
Where the eye mixes tacón and talón
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tacón and talón follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses tacón with talón
A purely visual mix-up. tacón ([t̪aˈkõn]) and talón ([t̪aˈlõn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - c in “tacón” becomes l in “talón”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tacón is recorded at frequency rank #28,581, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪aˈkõn]. talón is at rank #21,174, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪aˈlõn].
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 49755, this pair ranks #107,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tacón vs talón
Shared letters: antó. Private to "tacón": c. Private to "talón": l.
"tacón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "talón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tacón" and "talón" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tacón" or "talón"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tacón" and "talón" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tacón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "talón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #107,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tacón" and "talón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tacón vs tapo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #107,002 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.