taxis
/ˈtæksɪs/noun, verb
taxis is spelled T-A-X-I-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, taxis means “The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of taxis is taxes.
How many letters and syllables are in taxis?
| Letters | 5: T-A-X-I-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.8 times per million words; the 16,228th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is taxis?
Taxis appears 2.8 times per million words in written English, the 16,228th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce taxis?
- /ˈtæksɪs/
As a noun: /ˈtæksiz/.
Taxis has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-taxis_(singular).wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-taxes_(z).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of taxis
- taxes plural
- taxies
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does taxis mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The directional movement of an organism in response to a stimulus.
- 2
The manipulation of a body part into its normal position after dislocation or fracture.
- 3
The arrangement of the parts of a topic.
- 4
arrangement or ordering generally, as in architecture or grammar
- 5
A brigade in an Ancient Greek army.
- 6
plural of taxi
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of taxi
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does taxis come from?
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).