taskbar
/ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/
"taskbar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taskbar” is uncommon English (frequency #63,299 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,299
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taskbar |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,299 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “taskbar” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
taskbar is uncommon English at frequency #63,299 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.".
taskbar has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From task + bar. The correct English form is taskbar, spelled T-A-S-K-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
Etymology
From task + bar.
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 “taskbar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-S-K-B-A-R - 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.