task

/tɑːsk/ (britânica)

//tɑːsk/ (britânica)/ noun

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The verdict

“task” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,487. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,487
frequency rank, Portuguese
917
“T” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - tarefa

Corpus desk

Index PT-task · task · Portuguese

task · rank #34,487 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,487
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 917
  • PHOTO-FINISH teima

Nearest frequency peer: teima (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “task”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “task” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

task vs tau
50% similar
task vs tax
50% similar
task vs trás
25% similar

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

Key facts for task
PropertyValue
Headwordtask
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɑːsk/ (britânica)
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,487
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “task”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).taskcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “teima” (#34,488), “tapada” (#34,485), “telecomunicação” (#34,489). Entre 917 lemas com “T”, “task” fica em #34,487. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around task (IPA /tɑːsk/ (britânica)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,487 among 917 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for task, with forms such as "atsk", "taks", and "taskk". 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, "tau", "tax", "trás", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is task, spelled T-A-S-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    tarefa
  2. 2
    qualquer trabalho feito
  3. 3
    uma ação única realizada por um determinado agente
  4. 4
    uma tarefa difícil ou tediosa
  5. 5
    um objetivo
  6. 6
    processo ou execução de um programa de computador
  7. 7
    imposto ou encargo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. The employee refused to complete the assignment, arguing that it was not one of the tasks listed in her job description.
  2. The user killed the frozen task.

Synonyms

chorejobundertakinggoalobjectiveprocess

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • atsk
  • taks
  • taskk
  • tassk
  • tsak
  • ttask

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

atsk2taks2taskk1tassk1tsak2ttask1
Edit distance from "task"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "task"?
"task" is spelled T-A-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is /tɑːsk/ (britânica).
What does "task" mean?
As a noun, "task" means: tarefa
What words are commonly confused with "task"?
"task" is commonly confused with "tau", "tax", "trás". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "task"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "task" is /tɑːsk/ (britânica). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "task" come from?
"task" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

urdu#34,504seat#34,459ócio#34,525Atom#34,578

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

teima6 variantsromão6 variantshush6 variantsfoque6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list