Which to use
“tacón” and “timón” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,581
- “tacón” frequency rank
- #18,701
- “timón” frequency rank
- 47282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tacón | timón |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pieza fijada a la suela del calzado, debajo del talón del pie, para dar soporte a este | Máquina compuesta de varias piezas de madera formando un conjunto aplanado, que se coloca verticalmente en el codaste de las embarcaciones, asegurándola por medio de machos de bronce o hierro que encajan en otras tantas hembras que hay en él. Sirve el timón manejado, por la caña que se hace firme a su extremo superior o cabeza, para dar a la nave siempre que camina o está aproada a una corriente, todos los movimientos giratorios que son necesarios. En los buques de hierro se compone el timón de planchas del mismo material; y en las embarcaciones menores se reduce a una tabla; en muchas de estas suelen estar los machos clavados en el codaste. |
Where the eye mixes tacón and timón
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. tacón and timón follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tacón vs timón
A purely visual mix-up. tacón ([t̪aˈkõn]) and timón ([t̪iˈmõn]) 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 47282, 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]. timón is at rank #18,701, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪iˈmõn].
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 47282, this pair ranks #120,936 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tacón vs timón
Shared letters: ntó. Private to "tacón": ac. Private to "timón": im.
"tacón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "timón" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tacón" and "timón" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tacón" vs "timón" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tacón" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "timón" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #120,936 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tacón" and "timón" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tacón vs tapo". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #120,936 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.