Lake Tai
/leɪk ˈtaɪ/
Detailed reference entry for the English word "lake-tai", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Wiktionary, and usage frequency ranked against an open word-frequency list covering the top 100,000 English words. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "lake-tai" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "lake-tai" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
The verdict
“Lake Tai” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as a proper noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
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According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China
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Browse all word comparisons →| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lake Tai |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /leɪk ˈtaɪ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lake Tai” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Lake Tai is 8 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /leɪk ˈtaɪ/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China".
No misspelling variants are generated for Lake Tai in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: Partial calque from Mandarin 太湖 (Tài Hú, “the Great Lake”). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Lake Tai, spelled L-A-K-E- -T-A-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China
Etymology
Partial calque from Mandarin 太湖 (Tài Hú, “the Great Lake”).
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is L-A-K-E- -T-A-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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