# taut vs tax

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### taut
*verb · IPA [taʊ̯t] · frequency rank #49,293*
3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs tauen

### tax
*verb · IPA [taks] · frequency rank #26,639*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs taxen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/taut-vs-tax