taskbar
/ˈtæskˌbɑɹ/
"taskbar" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taskbar” is uncommon English (frequency #63,299 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,299
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A bar on a computer desktop used to launch and monitor applications.
Corpus desk
Index EN-taskbar · taskbar · English
taskbar · rank #63,299 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,299
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tartare
Nearest frequency peer: tartare (-1 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 “taskbar”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Tamura
Tamura
36,705 corpus weight
- Taranaki
Taranaki
36,704 corpus weight
- tartare
tartare
36,703 corpus weight
- taskbar
taskbar
36,702 corpus weight
- Tatooine
Tatooine
36,701 corpus weight
- teatime
teatime
36,700 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “taskbar” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “taskbar” in English
Rare enough to double-check
taskbar is uncommon English at frequency #63,299 among 3,151 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how taskbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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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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