tacit
/ˈtæsɪt/adjective
tacit is spelled T-A-C-I-T: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, tacit means “Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in tacit?
| Letters | 5: T-A-C-I-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 tacit?
Tacit appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th 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).
How do you pronounce tacit?
- /ˈtæsɪt/
Tacit has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tacit.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with tacit
Sounds like: tasset (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with tacit?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tacit.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: attic.
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 tacit
- more tacit comparative
- most tacit superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tacit mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
tacit consent
- 2
Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tacit in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | tacite |
| German | stillschweigend, still, impliziert, unausgesprochen, schweigend |
| Portuguese | tácito , indutivo |
| Spanish | tácito, implícito |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tacit come from?
Borrowed from late Middle French tacite, or from Latin tacitus (“that is passed over in silence, done without words, assumed as a matter of course, silent”), from tacere (“to be silent”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).