tacos

\ta.kos\

/\ta.kos\/ noun

The verdict

“tacos” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,146. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,146
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Galette repliée sur elle-même en forme rectangulaire et grillée, contenant toujours une garniture qui est le plus souvent à base de viande, de frites et de sauce.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tacos · tacos · French

tacos · rank #25,146 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,146
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH séducteur

Nearest frequency peer: séducteur (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « tacos »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « tacos » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

tacos vs tas
60% similar
tacos vs tos
60% similar
tacos vs tais
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for tacos
PropertyValue
Headwordtacos
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.kos\
Letters5
Frequency rank#25,146
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « tacos »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tacosse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « séducteur » (#25,145), « target » (#25,147), « symposium » (#25,144). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tacos » est au #25,146. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around tacos (IPA \ta.kos\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,146 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Galette repliée sur elle-même en forme rectangulaire et grillée, contenant toujours une garniture qui est le plus souvent à base de viande, de frites et de sauce.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for tacos, with forms such as "atcos", "taccos", and "tacoss". 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. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tas", "tos", "tais", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is tacos, spelled T-A-C-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Galette repliée sur elle-même en forme rectangulaire et grillée, contenant toujours une garniture qui est le plus souvent à base de viande, de frites et de sauce.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how tacos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tout ça pour vous dire que vous pourrez être ultra-fiers la prochaine fois que vous savourerez un tacos (et on est à peu près sûr que ce jour viendra très vite…) : LE TACOS EST LYONNAIS !'
  2. Prêt à relever le défi et manger un tacos de 2 kilos ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atcos
  • taccos
  • tacoss
  • tacso
  • taocs
  • tcaos
  • ttacos

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tacos - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

atcos2taccos1tacoss1tacso2taocs2tcaos2ttacos1
Edit distance from "tacos"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tacos"?
"tacos" is spelled T-A-C-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.kos\.
What does "tacos" mean?
As a noun, "tacos" means: Galette repliée sur elle-même en forme rectangulaire et grillée, contenant toujours une garniture qui est le plus souvent à base de viande, de frites et de sauce.
What words are commonly confused with "tacos"?
"tacos" is commonly confused with "tas", "tos", "tais". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tacos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tacos" is \ta.kos\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tacos" come from?
"tacos" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tacos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list