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/tɑː/interjection, preposition, noun

ta is spelled T-A: 2 letters and one syllable. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, ta means “Thanks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in ta?

Letters2: T-A
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing10 times per million words; the 6,884th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is ta?

Ta appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 6,884th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce ta?

  • /tɑː/
  • [tʰɑː]

As a preposition (“Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard…”): /tə/.

As a noun (“In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the…”): /tɑː/.

Ta has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-ta.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Words people confuse with ta

Also written: taa.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

Forms of ta

  • taa

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does ta mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

interjection

  1. 1

    CommonwealthIrelandUKcolloquialThanks.

    Ta for the cup of tea.

  2. 2

    Commonwealthgive (imperative)

    Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!

noun

  1. 1

    In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.

noun

as TA
  1. 1

    Initialism of transportation authority.

  2. 2

    Initialism of teaching assistant.

  3. 3

    Initialism of travel agent.

  4. 4

    Initialism of target audience.

  5. 5

    Initialism of time attack.

  6. 6

    Initialism of traffic advisory (a type of TCAS warning).

  7. 7

    Initialism of transactional analysis.

  8. 8

    Initialism of term assurance.

verb

as TA
  1. 1

    To act as a teaching assistant (for a class).

    The university offered me a chance to TA this semester.

adjective

as TA
  1. 1

    Initialism of toxin-antitoxin.

preposition

  1. 1

    Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.

    hasta

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does ta come from?

Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks. Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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