tabu
noun, verb
tabu is spelled T-A-B-U: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, tabu means “Alternative spelling of taboo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tabu is tabus.
How many letters and syllables are in tabu?
| Letters | 4: T-A-B-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 63,645th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tabu?
Tabu appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 63,645th 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).
Words people confuse with tabu
Also written: taboo.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tabu?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tabu.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tuba, abut, buta.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tabu
- tabus plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- tabuing participle, present
- tabued participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tabu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative spelling of taboo.
verb
- 1
Alternative spelling of taboo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).