Which to use
“tallado” and “tarado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,794
- “tallado” frequency rank
- #16,715
- “tarado” frequency rank
- 44509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tallado | tarado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Con los adverbios "bien" o "mal", de buen, o mal, talle. | Que tiene taras o deficiencias. |
Where the eye mixes tallado and tarado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tallado runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against tarado's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tallado and tarado
A purely visual mix-up. tallado ([t̪aˈʝað̞o]) and tarado ([t̪aˈɾað̞o]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tallado is recorded at frequency rank #27,794, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪aˈʝað̞o]. tarado is at rank #16,715, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪aˈɾað̞o].
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 44509, this pair ranks #136,676 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tallado vs tarado
Shared letters: adot. Private to "tallado": l. Private to "tarado": r.
"tallado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tarado" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tallado" and "tarado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tallado" or "tarado" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tallado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tarado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #136,676 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tallado" and "tarado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talladas vs tallado". 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 #136,676 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.