taa

noun

"taa" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“taa” is an uncommon English word, ranked #51,432 in English word frequency and used as a noun.

#51,432
frequency rank, English
3
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.

Key facts for taa
PropertyValue
Headwordtaa
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#51,432
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “taa” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). taa lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for taa is 3 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #51,432 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.".

taa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Mandarin 塔 (tǎ, “pagoda”). The correct English form is taa, spelled T-A-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.

Etymology

From Mandarin 塔 (tǎ, “pagoda”).

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "taa"?
"taa" is spelled T-A-A.
What does "taa" mean?
As a noun, "taa" means: A kind of pagoda in China and Japan.
What is the origin of the word "taa"?
From Mandarin 塔 (tǎ, “pagoda”). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “taa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is T-A-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list