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“tallados” and “teclados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,037
“tallados” frequency rank
#18,401
“teclados” frequency rank
63438
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tallados teclados
Definition Forma del plural de tallado. Forma del plural de teclado.

Where the eye mixes tallados and teclados

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tallados and teclados follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
tallados
8 ch
teclados

Visual trap between tallados and teclados

A purely visual mix-up. tallados ([t̪aˈʝað̞os]) and teclados ([t̪eˈklað̞os]) 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 63438, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tallados is recorded at frequency rank #45,037, classified as anoun, pronounced [t̪aˈʝað̞os]. teclados is at rank #18,401, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪eˈklað̞os].

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 63438, this pair ranks #48,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tallados vs teclados

Shared letters: adlost. Private to "tallados": -. Private to "teclados": ce.

"tallados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "teclados" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tallados ← atllados · talados · talaldos · talladdos · talladoss · talladso · tallaods · talldaos
  • teclados ← etclados · tcelados · tecaldos · tecclados · tecladdos · tecladoss · tecladso · teclaods

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tallados" and "teclados" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([t̪aˈʝað̞os] versus [t̪eˈklað̞os]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "tallados" vs "teclados" - which ranks higher?
"teclados" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,401 in our Spanish list, against #45,037 for "tallados". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tallados" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "teclados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #48,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tallados" and "teclados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "talladas vs tallados". 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 #48,761 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list