tarda

\taʁ.da\

/\taʁ.da\/ verb

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The verdict

“tarda” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,063. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,063
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tarda · tarda · French

tarda · rank #47,063 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,063
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH sèchent

Nearest frequency peer: sèchent (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tarda »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tarda » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tarda vs tord
60% similar
tarda vs Tarn
40% similar
tarda vs taré
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tarda
PropertyValue
Headwordtarda
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\taʁ.da\
Letters5
Frequency rank#47,063
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tarda »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tardase place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « sèchent » (#47,062), « Tasmanie » (#47,064), « Taurus » (#47,065). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tarda » est au #47,063. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tarda (IPA \taʁ.da\), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,063 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tarda, with forms such as "atrda", "tadra", and "tarad". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tord", "Tarn", "taré", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is tarda, spelled T-A-R-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how tarda appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Née en 1889, ma mère ne tarda pas à envoûter les reporters par sa beauté qui d’emblée faisait d’elle la reine des bals des débutantes.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atrda
  • tadra
  • tarad
  • tardda
  • tarrda
  • trada
  • ttarda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tarda - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atrda2tadra2tarad2tardda1tarrda1trada2ttarda1
Edit distance from "tarda"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tarda"?
"tarda" is spelled T-A-R-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is \taʁ.da\.
What does "tarda" mean?
As a verb, "tarda" means: Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tarder.
What words are commonly confused with "tarda"?
"tarda" is commonly confused with "tord", "Tarn", "taré". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tarda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tarda" is \taʁ.da\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tarda" come from?
"tarda" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tarda", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

studi#47,056semée#47,039visez#47,098write#47,107

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Teller7 variantswaller7 variantsainés7 variantsAlost7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list