taxe

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

\taks\

/\taks\/ noun

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

The verdict

“taxe” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,648
frequency rank, French: 3,703
“T” headwords: 5
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tarification officielle fixant le prix de certaines denrées ou de certains services.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taxe · taxe · French

taxe · rank #2,648 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #2,648
LEN-MID 4 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 5 variants
BOOK-MID 3,703
PHOTO-FINISH séjour

Nearest frequency peer: séjour (-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.

soumis

97,356
sports

97,355
séjour

97,354
taxe

97,353
transfert

97,352
Turquie

97,351

What this shows « taxe » 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).

taxe vs te

50% similar

taxe vs tx

50% similar

taxe vs tué

25% similar

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

Key facts for taxe
Property	Value
Headword	taxe
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\taks\
Letters	4
Frequency rank	#2,648
Misspellings tracked	5
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taxe »

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

#2,648

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « séjour » (#2,647), « transfert » (#2,649), « sports » (#2,646). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taxe » est au #2,648. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around taxe (IPA \taks\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,648 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for taxe, with forms such as "atxe", "taex", and "taxxe". 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, "te", "tx", "tué", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 taxe, spelled T-A-X-E.

Definition

1
Tarification officielle fixant le prix de certaines denrées ou de certains services.
2
Prélèvement obligatoire perçu par une collectivité publique en échange d’un service ou d’une prestation donnant lieu à une contrepartie individualisable.
3
Synonyme courant d’impôt ou d’imposition, sans distinction technique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Payer les denrées suivant la taxe.
La taxe du kilogramme de pain, de viande est de tant.

Synonyms

taxation racket

This word in other languages

tax(English)impuesto(Español)Abgabe(Deutsch)imposto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

atxe
taex
taxxe
ttaxe
txae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taxe - 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 "taxe"

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 "taxe"?

"taxe" is spelled T-A-X-E. The IPA pronunciation is \taks\.

What does "taxe" mean?

As a noun, "taxe" means: Tarification officielle fixant le prix de certaines denrées ou de certains services.

What words are commonly confused with "taxe"?

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

How do you pronounce "taxe"?

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

What language does "taxe" come from?

"taxe" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "taxe", 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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