# taxi

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæk.si/ · frequency rank #5,273

## Definitions
1. A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys by members of the public, particularly one with an automated meter to calculate the fare.
2. An aircraft used for practicing ground manoeuvres.
3. The movement of an aircraft across an airport's surface under its own power; a phase of aircraft operation involving this movement.
4. Synonym of shared taxi.

## Etymology
Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task.
The aviation sense originally derived for a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.

## Easily confused with
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tx)
- **ti** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-ti)
- **tri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tri)
- **Tex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tex)
- **Thi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-thi)
- **tay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tay)
- **TOI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-toi)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tux)
- **tui** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tui)
- **TBI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tbi)
- **TMI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tmi)
- **Taz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-taz)
- **TDI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tdi)
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-text)
- **Thai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-thai)
- **Toni** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-toni)
- **tori** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tori)
- **tiki** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tiki)
- **Teri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-teri)
- **Tsai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-tsai)

## Common misspellings (5)
`atxi`, `taix`, `taxxi`, `ttaxi`, `txai`

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