tasty
/ˈteɪsti/
"tasty" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tasty” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,111. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,111
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tasty · tasty · English
tasty · rank #9,111 · 8 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,111
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH synthesis
Nearest frequency peer: synthesis (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “tasty”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- swan
swan
90,893 corpus weight
- switches
switches
90,892 corpus weight
- synthesis
synthesis
90,891 corpus weight
- tasty
tasty
90,890 corpus weight
- teammate
teammate
90,888 corpus weight
- testify
testify
90,887 corpus weight
What this shows “tasty” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tasty”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around tasty (IPA /ˈteɪsti/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,111 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tasty appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
You could make this tasty meal for breakfast.
Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table. […] Lightly sautéing fresh spinach in a drizzle of olive or avocado oil meets this baseline, and it’s tasty and nutritious as well.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tasty", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).