# Taft

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tæft/ · frequency rank #21,091

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A number of places in the United States:
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14. Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).
15. Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).
16. Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).
17. Places in the Philippines, named after William Howard Taft (a former Governor General of the Philippines).

## Etymology
In the United States, many of the places established since 1909 are named after William Howard Taft.

## Easily confused with
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tt)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tf)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tax)
- **tag** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tag)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tap)
- **tan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tan)
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tar)
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tai)
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tao)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tit)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tat)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tnt)
- **taj** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-taj)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tau)
- **tam** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tam)
- **Tal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tal)
- **tak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tak)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tot)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tay)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tut)

## Common misspellings (6)
`atft`, `tafft`, `taftt`, `tatf`, `tfat`, `ttaft`

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