tase
/teɪz/
"tase" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tase” is uncommon English (frequency #68,688 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,688
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tase |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /teɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,688 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tase” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tase is uncommon English at frequency #68,688 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /teɪz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tase, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er. The correct English form is tase, spelled T-A-S-E.
Definition
- 1to operate a taser or electroshock stun gun, by using it against a subject
Etymology
Back-formation from taser, from the trademark Taser, by reinterpretation as tase + -er.
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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 “tase”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /teɪz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.