# tacit vs Tacitus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tacit
*adjective · IPA /ˈtæsɪt/ · frequency rank #31,370*
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.

### Tacitus
*name · IPA /ˈtæsɪtʊs/ · frequency rank #45,114*
A Roman cognomen, notably borne by Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c.56–117), a historian of ancient Rome and Marcus Claudius Tacitus (c.200–275), a Roman emperor.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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