Tahu
"tahu" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Tahu” is uncommon English (frequency #73,687 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,687
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative form of Dahu.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tahu · Tahu · English
Tahu · rank #73,687 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,687
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Tamagotchi
Nearest frequency peer: Tamagotchi (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “Tahu”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- svelte
svelte
26,321 corpus weight
- Swanton
Swanton
26,320 corpus weight
- Tahu
Tahu
26,314 corpus weight
- Tamagotchi
Tamagotchi
26,312 corpus weight
- Tarun
Tarun
26,310 corpus weight
- Tasso
Tasso
26,308 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Tahu” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Tahu |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,687 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Tahu” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Tahu is uncommon English at frequency #73,687 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative form of Dahu.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Tahu, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct English form is Tahu, spelled T-A-H-U.
Definition
- 1Alternative form of Dahu.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Tahu appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We have opened new mission stations in the towns of Tahu and Tunglo, Father O’Brien is now opening a place in Tahu, and Father Maynard Murphy is starting from scratch in Tunglo. We missioners in Miaoli have great reason to rejoice and to thank God for the graces that He has showered upon us.
"Several farm households in northern Taiwan have successfully transformed themselves into recreational businesses, such as strawberry farms in Tahu, Miaoli County, and orange farms in Shihlin area of Taipei," Huang said. "Orchid plantations, meanwhile, have already become a profit-making business for some farmers in recent years."
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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