taxicab
/ˈtæksikæb/
"taxicab" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“taxicab” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #47,372. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,372
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-taxicab · taxicab · English
taxicab · rank #47,372 · 10 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,372
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tater
Nearest frequency peer: tater (-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 “taxicab”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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52,634 corpus weight
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52,632 corpus weight
- tarn
tarn
52,631 corpus weight
- tater
tater
52,630 corpus weight
- taxicab
taxicab
52,629 corpus weight
- telluride
telluride
52,626 corpus weight
What this shows “taxicab” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | taxicab |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtæksikæb/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #47,372 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “taxicab”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around taxicab (IPA /ˈtæksikæb/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,372 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for taxicab, with forms such as "atxicab", "taixcab", and "taxciab". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab. The correct English form is taxicab, spelled T-A-X-I-C-A-B.
Definition
- 1Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys, particularly one using a taximeter to automate fare calculation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how taxicab appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So now, stimulated by some further experience with that world which does not care a tinker's damn whether a verb agrees with its subject in number and person or not, she permitted the taxicab to jounce her smile out of all semblance to anything calmly superior and into a very unschoolmarmish grin.
After that, the CGV "denumbered" a total of sixty taxicabs, that is, it removed them from the register of stationing taxicabs. The end of the CGV experiment is controversial, but it is certain that the behavior of the drivers (who, as we saw, were not directly salaried by CGV) was an important incentive to the denumbering of cabs: because of the high moye…
Etymology
Shortened from taximeter cab, equivalent to taxi + cab.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atxicab
- taixcab
- taxciab
- taxiacb
- taxicabb
- taxicba
- taxiccab
- taxxicab
- ttaxicab
- txaicab
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taxicab - 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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
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