# tag

> English word · Noun · IPA /tæɡ/ · frequency rank #3,397

## Definitions
1. Physical appendage.
2. Physical appendage.
3. Physical appendage.
4. Physical appendage.
5. Physical appendage.
6. Physical appendage.
7. Physical appendage.
8. Physical appendage.
9. Last nonphysical appendage.
10. Last nonphysical appendage.
11. Last nonphysical appendage.
12. Nonphysical label.
13. Nonphysical label.
14. Nonphysical label.
15. Identity.
16. Identity.
17. Involving being tagged physically.
18. Involving being tagged physically.
19. Signature.
20. Signature.
21. A type of cardboard.
22. A sheep in its first year.

## Etymology
From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.

## Easily confused with
- **to** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-to)
- **TV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tv)
- **te** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-te)
- **TL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tl)
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tx)
- **TD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-td)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-ti)
- **Tu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tu)
- **Ty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-ty)
- **TB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tb)
- **TN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tn)
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-ts)
- **TM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tm)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tt)
- **TF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tf)
- **TC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tc)
- **TJ** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tj)
- **tp** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tp)
- **TG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tg)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tag-vs-tk)

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