taux

Name: taux, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\to\

/\to\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“taux” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #779. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#779
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prix, montant, tarif fixé par l'État.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taux · taux · French

taux · rank #779 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #779
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH Soleil

Nearest frequency peer: Soleil (-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.

regarder

99,225
soient

99,224
Soleil

99,223
taux

99,222
travailler

99,221
voie

99,220

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

taux vs tu

50% similar

taux vs tx

50% similar

taux vs tué

50% similar

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

Key facts for taux
Property	Value
Headword	taux
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\to\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#779
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taux »

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

#779

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Soleil » (#778), « travailler » (#780), « soient » (#777). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taux » est au #779. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around taux (IPA \to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #779 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for taux, with forms such as "atux", "tauxx", and "taxu". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tu", "tx", "tué", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is taux, spelled T-A-U-X.

Definition

1
Prix, montant, tarif fixé par l'État.
2
Frais de justice, des fonds publics, etc.
3
Loyer de l’argent, montant des intérêts réglés, établis ou stipulés par la loi.
4
Taux d’intérêt déterminé par le marché, rendement.
5
Proportion, rapport entre différentes grandeurs ; fréquence pendant un intervalle déterminé,
6
Proportion, teneur.
7
Valeur, tarif, montant.
8
Somme à laquelle une personne est taxée pour ses impositions ; taxation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Une ordonnance de police avait fixé un taux de vente pour telles marchandises.
Le taux du SMIC.

Synonyms

ratio

This word in other languages

rate(English)Wert(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

atux
tauxx
taxu
ttaux
tuax

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "taux"

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 "taux"?

"taux" is spelled T-A-U-X. The IPA pronunciation is \to\.

What does "taux" mean?

As a noun, "taux" means: Prix, montant, tarif fixé par l'État.

What words are commonly confused with "taux"?

"taux" is commonly confused with "tu", "tx", "tué". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "taux"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taux" is \to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "taux" come from?

"taux" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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