poll tax
"poll-tax" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“poll tax” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
Corpus desk
Index EN-poll-tax · poll tax · English
poll tax · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | poll tax |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “poll tax” in English
Rare enough to double-check
poll tax is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for poll tax in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”) for “tax required to vote”. The correct English form is poll tax, spelled P-O-L-L- -T-A-X.
Definition
- 1A tax determined as a uniform, fixed amount per individual.
- 2A tax that must be paid in order to vote.
Etymology
From sense poll (“head”) for “uniform tax per individual”; from sense poll (“voting place”) for “tax required to vote”.
Synonyms
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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.