taco

[tako]

/[tako]/ noun

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The verdict

“taco” is uncommon German (frequency #61,977 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,977
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Taco

Corpus desk

Index DE-taco · taco · German

taco · rank #61,977 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,977
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tatorts

Nearest frequency peer: Tatorts (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „taco“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „taco“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for taco
PropertyValue
Headwordtaco
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tako]
Letters4
Frequency rank#61,977
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „taco“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).tacofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tatorts“ (#61,978), „Sägemühle“ (#61,975), „taumelt“ (#61,979). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „taco“ bei #61,977. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

taco is uncommon German at frequency #61,977 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [tako]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taco".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for taco, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is taco, spelled T-A-C-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Taco

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taco"?
"taco" is spelled T-A-C-O. The IPA pronunciation is [tako].
What does "taco" mean?
As a noun, "taco" means: Taco
How do you pronounce "taco"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taco" is [tako]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taco" come from?
"taco" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Swag#61,974Thum#61,991Sozi#61,940USPD#62,025

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list