# tabu

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /ta.ˈbu/ · frequency rank #14,249

## Definitions
1. medo ou proibição de origem religiosa ou social
2. assunto de que não se pode ou não se deve falar

## Easily confused with
- **tu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tu)
- **tão** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tao)
- **Tal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tal)
- **teu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-teu)
- **Tag** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tag)
- **tam** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tam)
- **tai** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tai)
- **tap** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tap)
- **tau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tau)
- **tax** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tax)
- **tak** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tak)
- **taxa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-taxa)
- **taça** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-taca)
- **táxi** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-taxi)
- **tubo** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tubo)
- **take** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-take)
- **tapa** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tapa)
- **talk** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-talk)
- **tara** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tara)
- **tatu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/tabu-vs-tatu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`atbu`, `tabbu`, `taub`, `tbau`, `ttabu`

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