# task

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɑːsk/ · frequency rank #2,271

## Definitions
1. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
2. Any piece of work done.
3. A single action undertaken by a given agent.
4. A difficult or tedious undertaking.
5. An objective.
6. A process or execution of a program.
7. A tax or charge.

## Etymology
From Middle English taske (“task, tax”), from Old Northern French tasque, (compare Old French variant tasche), from Medieval Latin tasca, alteration of taxa, from Latin taxō (“to censure; to charge”). Doublet of tax.

## Easily confused with
- **TS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-ts)
- **TK** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tk)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tax)
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tat)
- **TSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tsa)
- **TDS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tds)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tos)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tau)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tay)
- **tsk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tsk)
- **tse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tse)
- **Tok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tok)
- **TMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tms)
- **tek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tek)
- **TPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tps)
- **TSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tsm)
- **Taz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-taz)
- **tss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tss)
- **Tsu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tsu)
- **tik** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tik)

## Common misspellings (6)
`atsk`, `taks`, `taskk`, `tassk`, `tsak`, `ttask`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/task