tasty
/ˈteɪsti/
"tasty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tasty” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #9,111 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #9,111
- frequency rank, English
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
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 | tasty |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈteɪsti/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,111 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tasty” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for tasty is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈteɪsti/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,111 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for tasty, with forms such as "atsty", "tassty", and "tastty". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tat", "tay", "test", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company. The correct English form is tasty, spelled T-A-S-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
- 2Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
- 3Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
- 4Skillful; highly competent.
- 5Potentially violent.
Etymology
From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atsty,tassty,tastty,tastyy,tasyt,tatsy,tsaty,ttasty
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tasty - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “tasty”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-S-T-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈteɪsti/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tat” - see the side-by-side comparison. tasty vs tat
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.