tabi
"tabi" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabi” is uncommon English (frequency #65,551 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,551
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tabi · tabi · English
tabi · rank #65,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,551
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Syr
Nearest frequency peer: Syr (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “tabi”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- swashbuckli…
swashbuckling
34,454 corpus weight
- swill
swill
34,453 corpus weight
- Syr
Syr
34,451 corpus weight
- tabi
tabi
34,450 corpus weight
- tabulation
tabulation
34,449 corpus weight
- tailspin
tailspin
34,448 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tabi” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #65,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tabi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tabi is uncommon English at frequency #65,551 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.".
No misspelling variants are generated for tabi in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “foot pouch”). The correct English form is tabi, spelled T-A-B-I.
Definition
- 1Traditional Japanese ankle socks with a separate section for the big toe.
Etymology
From Japanese 足袋 (tabi, “foot pouch”).
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).