# tacks, tax

> English homophone group · 2 words that sound the same · /tæks/

These English words share one pronunciation but differ in spelling and meaning.

## The words

### tacks
*/tæks/*
plural of tack

### tax
*/tæks/*
Money or goods collected by a government (or an entity to whom the government has delegated this power, e.g. in tax farming) to fund itself and its services, for example by levying a charge on income, purchases (sales), property or harvest, other than that money which is collected by the government in exchange for specific goods (e.g. the purchase of surplus vehicles).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA); groups derived from IPA pronunciation. Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/homophones/tacks