tagline
"tagline" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tagline” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #26,992 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #26,992
- frequency rank, English
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The punch line of a joke.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tagline |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,992 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tagline” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tagline is 7 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #26,992 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tagline, with forms such as "atgline", "taggline", and "tagilne". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Tallinn", "tailing", "tagging", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tag + line. The correct English form is tagline, spelled T-A-G-L-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1The punch line of a joke.
- 2An advertising slogan.
- 3A pithy quotation habitually appended to a signature in email, newsgroups, etc.
- 4A line attached to a draft of cargo or a container to provide control and minimize pendulation of cargo during lifting operations.
- 5A light rope attached to an object being hoisted by a crane, used to guide it while lifting or lowering.
- 6Synonym of subheadline.
Etymology
From tag + line.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atgline,taggline,tagilne,taglien,taglinne,taglline,taglnie,talgine,tgaline,ttagline
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tagline - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tagline”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-G-L-I-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Tallinn” - see the side-by-side comparison. tagline vs Tallinn
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.