taxer

\ta.kse\

/\ta.kse\/ verb

The verdict

“taxer” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,287
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Régler, fixer le prix des denrées, des marchandises, de quelque autre chose que ce soit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-taxer · taxer · French

taxer · rank #17,287 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,287
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH séquelles

Nearest frequency peer: séquelles (-2 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 « taxer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « taxer » 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).

taxer vs tuer
60% similar
taxer vs taxi
60% similar
taxer vs Tier
40% similar

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

Key facts for taxer
PropertyValue
Headwordtaxer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ta.kse\
Letters5
Frequency rank#17,287
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « taxer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).taxerse place ici:

#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 « séquelles » (#17,285), « technology » (#17,289), « séparant » (#17,284). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « taxer » est au #17,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around taxer (IPA \ta.kse\), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,287 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for taxer, with forms such as "atxer", "taexr", and "taxerr". 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, "tuer", "taxi", "Tier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is taxer, spelled T-A-X-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Régler, fixer le prix des denrées, des marchandises, de quelque autre chose que ce soit.
  2. 2
    Imposer, soumettre à une taxe.
  3. 3
    Accuser ; qualifier.
  4. 4
    Prendre par la force ou par la menace.
  5. 5
    Fixer une somme qu’on s’engage à donner pour un certain objet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On a taxé les vivres.
  2. Oseriez-vous me soutenir que c’est me payer trop cher, que je vaux moins de vingt mille francs ? Que diable ! on a son amour-propre aussi ; on ne peut pas se laisser taxer trop bas non plus.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atxer
  • taexr
  • taxerr
  • taxre
  • taxxer
  • ttaxer
  • txaer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of taxer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

atxer2taexr2taxerr1taxre2taxxer1ttaxer1txaer2
Edit distance from "taxer"

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 "taxer"?
"taxer" is spelled T-A-X-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.kse\.
What does "taxer" mean?
As a verb, "taxer" means: Régler, fixer le prix des denrées, des marchandises, de quelque autre chose que ce soit.
What words are commonly confused with "taxer"?
"taxer" is commonly confused with "tuer", "taxi", "Tier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "taxer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "taxer" is \ta.kse\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "taxer" come from?
"taxer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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