# tasty

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈteɪsti/ · frequency rank #9,111

## Definitions
1. Having a pleasant or satisfying flavor.
2. Having or showing good taste; tasteful.
3. Appealing; when applied to persons, sexually appealing.
4. Skillful; highly competent.
5. Potentially violent.

## Etymology
From taste + -y. The Philippine sense is due to a genericized trademark from Taystee Bread Company, a defunct American company.

## Easily confused with
- **tat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tat)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tay)
- **test** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-test)
- **tate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tate)
- **tata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tata)
- **taut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-taut)
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tests)
- **toast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-toast)
- **titty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-titty)
- **tawny** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-tawny)
- **trashy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-trashy)
- **trusty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-trusty)
- **twisty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-twisty)
- **toasty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tasty-vs-toasty)
- **task** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/task-vs-tasty)
- **tart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tart-vs-tasty)
- **Taft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taft-vs-tasty)
- **tact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tact-vs-tasty)
- **tait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tait-vs-tasty)
- **tash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tash-vs-tasty)

## Common misspellings (8)
`atsty`, `tassty`, `tastty`, `tastyy`, `tasyt`, `tatsy`, `tsaty`, `ttasty`

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