taba
"taba" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taba” is uncommon English (frequency #82,834 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,834
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational drugs, placed in the vagina for its stimulating effects.
Corpus desk
Index EN-taba · taba · English
taba · rank #82,834 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,834
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH sysadmin
Nearest frequency peer: sysadmin (-2 rank slots)
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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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “taba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sunstroke
sunstroke
17,176 corpus weight
- syllogism
syllogism
17,170 corpus weight
- sysadmin
sysadmin
17,169 corpus weight
- taba
taba
17,167 corpus weight
- tapa
tapa
17,160 corpus weight
- telepath
telepath
17,156 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “taba” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taba |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #82,834 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taba” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
taba is uncommon English at frequency #82,834 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational drugs, placed in the vagina for its stimulating effects.".
No misspelling variants are generated for taba 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: Borrowed from Mandingo taba. The correct English form is taba, spelled T-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1A lump of dried tobacco, occasionally mixed with other recreational drugs, placed in the vagina for its stimulating effects.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taba appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“Taba,” the Mandinka term for tobacco, refers to a locally made tobacco substance that was commonly used by older generations in The Gambia well before independence. This practice, which was often adopted by individuals seeking energy boosts or stress relief, has taken a troubling turn in recent years. Today, a mixture of various substances under the same…
Sellers like Saf take regular taba and mix it with potent chemicals to enhance its intoxicating effect. Many women then use it intravaginally, believing it enhances sexual pleasure.
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandingo taba.
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.
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