Tagus
/ˈteɪ.ɡəs/
"tagus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tagus” is uncommon English (frequency #85,838 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,838
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tagus |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈteɪ.ɡəs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,838 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Tagus” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Tagus is uncommon English at frequency #85,838 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈteɪ.ɡəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Tagus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Derived from Latin Tagus. The correct English form is Tagus, spelled T-A-G-U-S.
Definition
- 1A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.
Etymology
Derived from Latin Tagus.
This word in other languages
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 “Tagus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-G-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.