# Tuskegee

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ · frequency rank #43,440

## Definitions
1. A Creek settlement that the modern city of Tuskegee, Alabama is located on.
2. A city, the county seat of Macon County, in southwestern Alabama, United States.
3. A former town of the Overhill Cherokee people, located along the Little Tennessee River in what is now Monroe County, Tennessee, United States.
4. The notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment, a landmark event in medical research ethics and law.
5. Tuskegee National Forest.
6. Tuskegee University.

## Etymology
From Spanish Tasquiqui, which itself came from Creek Taskeke (“warriors”), the name of a Creek settlement.

## Common misspellings (11)
`tsukegee`, `ttuskegee`, `tuksegee`, `tusekgee`, `tuskeege`, `tuskege`, `tuskeggee`, `tuskgeee`, `tuskkegee`, `tusskegee`, `utskegee`

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