# tacit

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈtæsɪt/ · frequency rank #31,370

## Definitions
1. Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
2. Not derived from formal principles of reasoning; based on induction rather than deduction.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tai)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tit)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tat)
- **tail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tail)
- **taxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-taxi)
- **taco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-taco)
- **tack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tack)
- **tart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tart)
- **Taft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-taft)
- **tact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tact)
- **tait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tait)
- **taut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-taut)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-twit)
- **Tami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tami)
- **Tamil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tamil)
- **tract** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tract)
- **trait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-trait)
- **taxis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-taxis)
- **takin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-takin)
- **tacky** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tacit-vs-tacky)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atcit`, `taccit`, `tacitt`, `tacti`, `taict`, `tcait`, `ttacit`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tacit