Which to use
“tallado” is an adjective and “tildado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,794
- “tallado” frequency rank
- #46,246
- “tildado” frequency rank
- 74040
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tallado | tildado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Con los adverbios "bien" o "mal", de buen, o mal, talle. | Participio de tildar o de tildarse. |
Where the eye mixes tallado and tildado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tallado and tildado follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tallado and tildado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tallado is [t̪aˈʝað̞o] while tildado is [t̪il̪ˈd̪að̞o]. 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 (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74040, 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]. tildado is at rank #46,246, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪il̪ˈd̪að̞o].
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 74040, this pair ranks #22,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tallado vs tildado
Shared letters: adlot. Private to "tallado": -. Private to "tildado": i.
"tallado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "tildado" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tallado" and "tildado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tallado" or "tildado" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "tallado" and "tildado" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tallado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tildado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tallado" and "tildado" 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 #22,070 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.