tabasco
"tabasco" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabasco” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #45,689. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #45,689
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative letter-case form of Tabasco (hot sauce).
Corpus desk
Index EN-tabasco · tabasco · English
tabasco · rank #45,689 · 10 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #45,689
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tagore
Nearest frequency peer: Tagore (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “tabasco”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- supposition
supposition
54,316 corpus weight
- tabasco
tabasco
54,312 corpus weight
- Tagore
Tagore
54,311 corpus weight
- tantra
tantra
54,310 corpus weight
- tarsus
tarsus
54,309 corpus weight
- tasker
tasker
54,308 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “tabasco” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabasco |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #45,689 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabasco” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around tabasco, anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,689 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tabasco, with forms such as "atbasco", "taabsco", and "tabacso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tobacco", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: See Tabasco. The correct English form is tabasco, spelled T-A-B-A-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Alternative letter-case form of Tabasco (hot sauce).
- 2A tabasco pepper.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tabasco appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Robbie adores it when Heather puts tabasco on food.
Louisiana is a major producer of tabascos.
Etymology
See Tabasco.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atbasco
- taabsco
- tabacso
- tabascco
- tabasoc
- tabassco
- tabbasco
- tabsaco
- tbaasco
- ttabasco
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tabasco - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tabasco", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "tobacco". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #45,689 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.