# taxis

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæksɪs/ · frequency rank #16,366

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek τάξις (táxis, “arrangement, order”).

## Easily confused with
- **this** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-this)
- **tris** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-tris)
- **Texas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-texas)
- **texts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-texts)
- **toxic** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-toxic)
- **toxin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-toxin)
- **Tunis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-tunis)
- **Thais** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-thais)
- **Travis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxis-vs-travis)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tax-vs-taxis)
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tai-vs-taxis)
- **tail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tail-vs-taxis)
- **taxi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxi-vs-taxis)
- **taps** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taps-vs-taxis)
- **tait** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tait-vs-taxis)
- **taxa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxa-vs-taxis)
- **Taos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taos-vs-taxis)
- **Tami** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tami-vs-taxis)
- **Tans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tans-vs-taxis)
- **tass** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tass-vs-taxis)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atxis`, `taixs`, `taxiss`, `taxsi`, `taxxis`, `ttaxis`, `txais`

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