taj
/tɑːdʒ/
"taj" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taj” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,712) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,712
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
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 | taj |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɑːdʒ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #19,712 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taj” sits in English frequency
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for taj is neighbouring look-alikes ("to", "TV", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /tɑːdʒ/. Frequency #19,712 among 27,828 “T” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Zero misspellings are on record for taj in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "to", "TV", "te", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Arabic تَاج (tāj) from Classical Persian تاج (tāj, “crown”). Doublet of tag. The correct English form is taj, spelled T-A-J.
Definition
- 1A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
- 2A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank.
Etymology
Arabic تَاج (tāj) from Classical Persian تاج (tāj, “crown”). Doublet of tag.
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 “taj”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-J - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɑːdʒ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “to” - see the side-by-side comparison. taj vs to
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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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.